So like I said, got a new job at a horse barn. Anyone surprised? I'm not. So my job is to basically teach rich kids how to walk, trot, canter and jump if they don't terrify me too much. I also have the pleasure of helping the girls that have decided they actually want to show. But to make sure I was talented enough to teach the girls I had to ride for the coach. This story gets funny, I promise. So as an instructor, I get the LAST pick of horses to ride. So the coach says "You're small, ride that Frosty pony, have fun." I'm up for anything so I am like yeah cool, he's cute. NOT SO CUTE. Frosty is 14hh of pure rage. As I'm tacking up, people are walking past his stall snickering at us and whispering things. I didn't think too much of it until I started walking out to the ring. "OHHHHH you're riding Frosty? Ummm good luck, sometimes he charges into the middle. OH and sometimes he bucks, oh and sometimes he rears. You'll be fineeee, here's a crop." At this point, I'm like okay cool he is going to think I am absolutely incompetent. I get on Frosty, start walking, and once I ask him to trot...what does he do? Attempt to buck me off. NBD. I smack him with the crop, I get another buck, a rear, another buck, a rear, a fat lip. Go forward Frosty, now you're just showing off. So then Frosty is being REALLY GOOD. Aw Frosty, you are cute! BUT THEN, we get called into the middle of the arena. What does my boy Frosty do? RUNS INTO THE MIDDLE BUCKING AND KICKING ALL OF THE OTHER HORSES! I almost killed 3 horses, literally. I guess that is what they were talking about by charging into the middle? Bad Frosty. Needless to say, Frosty did it again and we were excused from the lesson. Fantastic way to start off with the Show Team? I thought so too. Luckily, it was all Frosty's fault and not mine. Poor Frosty :( Now that you can all picture me on an angry little pony having a near death experience, I hope it made you laugh. I was cracking up!
Now I must tell the story of how I acquired my PRECIOUS LITTLE ANGEL DOG, Shamus :) I was basically giving up trying to rescue a dog because honestly I could adopt a child from China easier than dealing with dog rescues. I would find a cute dog. OMG I need that dog! 10 page application, you have got to be shittin me?!!?!? Seriously though, they ask you the stupidest questions. For example, if you do not have a fenced in backyard how will you restrain the dog? OH I DUNNO, A LEASH?! OR TEACH MY DOG TO NOT RUN AWAY?!?! Dumb. So anyway, J.Gould (I miss you) finds my little baby online and I was like NO NO NO NO NO NO. But I come to find out his application was only 1 page, how strange! So I apply, thinking the worst. Good news though, I get approved!!!!!!! :) And I'm like GIVE ME THAT DOG NOW!!!!! His foster mom was like "Let's meet Wednesday at the McDonald's in Roanoke." I don't think anything of it and I'm like SURE! Thank goodness I am smart enough to take someone with me, thanks Little! We get there, and there is 2 sides of this parking lot and all I know if what kind of car she drives. So I end up driving around the parking lot 800 times. 15 minutes past the time I was supposed to have my little nugget and no dog to be seen. I was not happy at this point and thought to myself that maybe it was a scam? I mean really, who says meet me at this sketchy McDonald's and I will give you a dog? I didn't really think about it until I was already there. hahaha oops. After several phone calls, I finally get my little dog. His foster mom cried in the parking lot for 10 minutes. So for never meeting this dog and picking him up in a McDonald's parking lot, he is ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. Currently sleeping beneath my chair now :) I am not sure I would recommend getting a dog the way I did because I think I just really lucked out with my wittle baby monkey.
Here is our family portrait :)
He is reallyyyy sleepy in this picture but if you want to see more pictures of my baby, I have about 100 on my Facebook. My brother says I have turned into a crazy dog lady. Care about it? Not me.
Anyway I am going finish planning my lessons for tomorrow, eat pizza, cuddle Shamus & Jameson, ride ponies and probably drink wine alone. Post Graduation is the life people. I seriously do have plans to update my blog on a more regular basis from now on, assuming funny things still happen to me? Haha.
Shoutout to Carly Rae Jepsen because Call Me Maybe plays every 45 seconds on the radio and she has now gotten me addicted. #atleastistilldonthashtag #hashtaggingisdumb #carlyraejepsenisnotdumbthough
OMG BYEEEE. AH WEEEEEEEEEEEE!
