I’ll start by saying that my coworkers are all fine and we all get along well. They aren’t the issue at all. The problem is our barn owner. I really don’t like being told that my horse is a reject and that I ride incorrectly. Part of what I’m mad about is that all she talks about now is how we need to teach kids more advanced things at a young age because those of us that are older now apparently do everything wrong. She doesn’t seem to realize that by saying that she’s admitting that she started us wrong and she messed us up. It also doesn’t help that around 15 different people have taught me in the past 5 years. How’s that for a high turnover rate? Yesterday was so good too. Micaela went out and got us all slurpees, which is probably the nicest thing she’s ever done for me. I don’t understand why today was so different.
I’m down to a little more than a month left with Ollie. I’ve been trying really hard not to think about it, but when the lease ends it’s gonna be hard to get over it. I’m really grateful for the time we had together, though. It’s been the best. He’s an absolute angel and he’s taught me so much. This past week has been great. We worked on lead changes today, and he was way better than I expected him to be. And to think I almost left early and skipped riding because I was mad at Micaela. A few days ago Ollie flicked his head while I was leading him on the ground and he pulled the reins out of my hand and essentially whipped himself in the face with them. I wish I had that on video because it was one of the stupidest things he’s ever done. I’m really gonna miss this dumbass.
Melayed Penalty 