Bye bye BA

With Business Associations I behind me, I feel a little less suffocated by my schedule. I haven't been as focused as I should be the past week; I kind of let myself off the hook last Monday-Friday so that I could totally focus on preparing for my exam, which wouldn't have been necessary if I had my priorities in order earlier in the summer.

Pictures coming of my beautiful truck, which has been as problematic as it is pretty. More detail on that later; it deserves its own post.

Diddy is a wonderful source of stress relief for me, and I've even been messing with Tucker about every other visit. He is so much fun to ride even when he's in terrible shape. I can wear him out in around 15 minutes, but they both look pretty good, sunburned noses notwithstanding.

I am in the process of consolidating my lessons into Tuesday night groups, which I think will be fun for the kids and a much more efficient use of my time. The barn has grown so much in terms of students and boarders since I arrived on the scene a year ago. When I started as the instructor in addition to Abby, it was a struggle to accumulate more than a few students. Now, the barn is hiring a third instructor because Abby and I are both at maximum lesson-giving capacity! It is fun to be around so many kids and different kinds of horses. Every time I go to the barn I leave a little more cheerful than I showed up. Seeing people enjoying their animals always has that effect on me.

My blogging homework for the next few days is one truck post and one Defender project post, so hold me to it, fans!