Pam's Pony Place: yotp

A Note About This Blog

I used to be a writer. Unpublished, but a writer just the same. I have several 100,000 word novels sitting on my hard drive. Then I fell off a horse and got a concussion that scrambled my brains really good (yes, I was wearing a helmet.) After that forming a written sentence was very difficult for quite some time. It's still difficult, but at least now generally the sentence structure isn't egregiously flawed. Verbally and written wrong words pop in, I switch words around, and sometimes I make no sense at all. It isn't because I don't have knowledge of grammar and punctuation, but my brain simply can't do it sometimes. Reading this blog you're accepting that there's going to be things that look like typos or make no sense. It's not because I don't proofread, it's because my damaged brain doesn't see what's wrong. I try my best, but things will slip through. I don't need them pointed out, I know they're there, but if I continued to worry about them I wouldn't write at all. I didn't for quite some time. It's painful as a past master of words to use them so badly, but fortunately the words don't seem to mind.

Friday, January 6, 2012

My part

I've been posting lots about Penny and not much about me. I am doing my part, I swear!

On October 4th I got a breast reduction. It was absolutely essential (even though my insurance wouldn't pay for it.) My surgeon made me take eight weeks off afterwards. The day I was allowed to bounce again I went for a run for the first time in years. I didn't bounce! It didn't hurt my neck! And I could breathe! I cried as I ran down the driveway (our driveway is about 1/2 a mile long, so to the mail box and back is roughly a mile.) I think I ran more of it than I ever have. Oh, and for those of you thinking a mile is nothing I'd like you to note my house is at 7000'. Everything is harder at elevation. I really like to run and not being able to was a hole in my life. Plus I now have a way to increase my lung function, so I should be able to get around a course without thinking I'm going to die.

The next day I sat on Penny for the first time in almost three months (the two months post surgery and the month after I fell off her (broken finger) and she was lame.) I sat in the saddle and my shoulders just went back where they're supposed to be. For the first time in years my body didn't want to lean forward constantly. I had an awesome ride. And, like when I was running, I can now breathe.

I still need to get in better shape. I gained some waist in my three month layup that I'm less than pleased about. I'm trying to remember to run on the days that aren't too cold or windy. I'm starting yoga on monday. Agility restarts this next week too. I'm getting non-fat milk in my frappuccinos (getting rid of the frapps is not an option :D ) They taste almost exactly the same, so it was an easy substitution. Sometime soon I'll start hiking (weather permitting) since I'm also getting in shape to hike a Fourteener (14,000' mountain.) Lots to do. But there's this nice comfy couch...

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

What we're thinking of for the coming year

My friends and I have the following tentative plan:

April 14-15 St. Johns H.T. (AZ)
May 19-20 Spring Gulch H.T.(CO)
June 1-3 Colorado Horse Park CCI2*/1* & H.T. (CO)
June 11-16 Pony Club Camp at St Johns (AZ)
July 14-15 Coconino Summer H.T I (AZ)
July 20-22 Coconino Summer Classic 3-Day Event & H.T (AZ)
August 4-5 Rocky Mountain H.T.(CO)
September 6-9 American Eventing Championships

Others options are:
February 18-19 Las Cruces H.T. (NM)
May 5-6 Watermelon Mountain Pony Club HT (NM)
June 1-3 Colorado Horse Park CCI2*/1* & H.T. (CO)
June 16 Round Top H.T (CO)
June 15-17 Golden Spike H.T (UT)
June 22-24 Abbe Ranch H.T (CO)
July 21-22 Aspen Ridge H.T. (CO)
July 28 Moqui Meadows (CO)
Aug 12 Colorado Horse Park One day (CO)
August 18-19 The Event at Goose Downs (NM)
August 31-Sept.2 Northern Colorado H.T. (CO)
September 28-30 Colorado Horse Park CCI1* & H.T (CO)
October 13-14 Grass Ridge H.T (AZ)
November 17-18 Las Cruces H.T. (NM)

We may also do some dressage shows in ABQ
March 10-11 Dances with Horses 1&2
May 26-27 Horses Unlimited Dressage Challenge
July 7-8 Horses Unlimited Fiesta de Dressage
October 20-21 Harvest Fling