TNT!
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When the time comes

I have many questions to ask the one who can answer all. Most of these questions start with "why".

Life is so interesting. What a vast subject. Life. It is lived everywhere on this planet, and most likely many other planets. One person takes up such a small amount of resources, how can one person be such a "problem" or "cure" to the world? One person can take thousands of lives, and one person could find the answer to world peace.

One quote I like from a movie --"With great power comes great responsibility."


So we all have great responsibility. I will sometimes struggle to remember that, but remember I will. You should too.

Living "la vida loca"

This summer has been so busy so far! It seems like when there is a lull in the happenings, another something comes up that I have to take care of. For example, I have to write a huge report. It will be the biggest school project that I have done thus far. It is not due for a while, but I still shy away from the work needed to make the project worth while.

I had a riding lesson yesterday. It was a flat lesson (meaning no jumping), and we did pretty nicely. I was worried because Flag was really bad the last time I tried to ride. Thank goodness he was good at the lesson and did not make me eat dirt again. I also had a lesson today. It was a jumping lesson. We do a group jumping lesson about once a month, so today was the day. Flag, who has little or no confidence after all the "refusals" he threw at me the last time we did jumping, did very well. We are going back to the basics. That is, making him do itty-bitty poles and x-rails, until he (and I) get his confidence back.

What I realized was: If I look way up at the roof of the arena, I do not drop my head and shoulders. This was helping him feel more brave, and also it took his chance away of him getting me to fall off by his stopping. I also found that when he tries to rush at the fence and I pull back to make him slow down, he rushes even worse. I think he goes really fast at the fence because he wants me to pull thus giving him an excuse to stop. I did not pull (thank you very much), and he found that rushing to the fence just made it 50 times harder for him to get over it, even if it was only a 10 inch cross-rail.

I think we might save my horse after all! I mean save him from becoming a pasture ornament, because if he kept stopping like he was, he would not be a jumping horse and I would have to try to find another horse to event, or wait for Rosie's foal to be trained.../

Rosie is 100% going to have a baby, says the vet. Unless something really bad happens. Yay !

Love to all!

Flag!

Summer time happenings

I am sitting at the desk in my room. Duke has squeezed himself under in the little foot hole thing. He looks uncomfortable, but I think he just wants to get as close as he can get to me. Silly boy.

It is extremely comfortable in here. My window is wide open, and I am listening to the birds sing their pretty songs. It is bliss. Even if I do not get a break this summer from school, it still is nice for the weather to be warm (not hot), and the birds to be back singing.

My dad got off work today, so Duncan, my dad, and I took the dogs on a hike in homestead Park. It was a 3 mile walk, and that is just about perfect for me to stretch my legs, and get away from the desk for a while.

I have to write, and I think it is a pretty easy (maybe too easy?) essay, on a friendship I value. I thought about who to write about, and my oldest and best friends came to mind, but then that is most likely what everyone else will write about. So, I am writing about my horse. It makes it more interesting, and I hope different.

Ok, so now that is on my mind, I better get back to work.

Love to all!