preparations...

So. Memorial Day Weekend is upon us! last ditch efforts to prepare are under way... already have my preliminary ride times for Heavenly Waters... all late afternoon rides. Saturday: 3 & 4pm-ish • Sunday: 4 & 5pm-ish. (on a side note: it's very interesting how you ask for ride times before noon on sunday & you get 4 & 5pm. what. the. fuck.) looks like i'm not getting home til at least 11pm

AWESOME

so, keeping on with keeping on. Plans to show Dezi under saddle for the first time are panning themselves out quite nicely. I have ridden her 9 times total so far. and she's very easy going. rides in company or by herself. trots around the indoor. does 20m circles. trots around the outdoor, doesn't give a crap. lunges w/t/c both directions, no problem. listens carefully, responds kind of slower than what i would like, but she processes slower i think. because she does do what i want. her timing just needs to be faster. and for not being quite 3 yet, we're doing pretty well i think. she's better at listening to your seat than her mother is (thank god). and she has a natural up-hill tendency even though at present she's built down hill. so both she & i are desperately waiting for her body to grow in the front end... she's about 15.2hh now. and it's kinda like watching grass grow. cute, fuzzy brown grass...