I have been VERY busy in the last month. I will start right back where I finished off in my last entry. I have a new job. I am off to Gen-i (another part of Telecom) to be a Training and Development Manager (gulp). It is going to be a BIG challenge I think. Fortunately, with it comes a big pay rise which will come in very useful as my flatmate has moved on so I have no help with the rent any more. :-(
Spyke. Well Spyke and I have been kind of busy too. :-) We had our first 'proper' show hunter competition before Christmas. He was all plaited up and looking fabulous and I lost 3kg on a 2 week detox diet so that I could squeeze into my riding jacket. It was a really, really busy competition with heaps of horses there. We didn't really go so well. Actually, that's not true, I didn't go so well. Spyke jumped well (apart from slamming the anchors on at the second fence of the day and dropping me grrrrrr) but I was all OVER the place. The photos are down right embarrassing as me legs are all over the show, I got tipped forward over every jump and we ended up getting 2nd to last on the only round that counted, with 55%. It was pretty terrible and I felt very discouraged - BUT- I did wonder if my beloved Wintec was making life a bit harder so I borrowed Kristina's CTD flat seat and we had our next attempt at Show Hunter a few days ago.
WHAT a difference!!!!! We got placed!!!! I felt completely different, I was able to balance and stay with him and found my jumping position again!! It was AMAZING!!!! That horse is born to Show Hunter, he is stunning!!!!? (He did manage to drop me TWICE this time though so that is something I am going to have to work on as I am not very keen on falling off.) So now I have to buy a new saddle. :-/ I am going to need a proper jumping one. Thank goodness for finance. It gets a bit tricky when I am trying to get Brina's op sorted too but Spyke is 12 now and this is the best time to get him out there. I really believe that if I can get the stop sorted and get jumping a little bit bigger we have a shot at qualifying for Horse of the Year (not this year but maybe next).
Brina. She has been doing really, really well. She has loved me being on holiday (as have I :-) She got to be Santa's Reindeer at work just before Christmas. I took the wagon in and she pulled all the secret santa pressies around. She was a big hit and she was sooooooooooo good. I thought I would have to take her straight home after her 'performance' but she was perfectly happy to curl up under my desk and sleep.
On the down side, she has had two womping great seizures. :-( She had one just before Christmas that was just awful. She had about 3 seizures in a row with no break between, it was really, really scary. And early this morning she had another really big seizure. It was one where she didn't recognise me for about 5 minutes after she came around. She also put a hole in her lip. I really, really hate epilepsy!!!!!! She is Ok again this morning though, thank goodness but I find it really hard watching her go through these. The worst thing is that I would not be able to physically get her to the vet if I needed to. Another pitfall of being alone. :-(
BUT on to more positive things. I have just entered my next show hunter so I am looking forward to that. I go back to work on Monday. I have a week in my old job and then I am off to Telecom Place to start my new role. I have had a GREAT holiday We had Kerri and Walter come to stay, which was just lovely!!! And Anne and her family came to visit too. We spent lots of time up in the forest and the kids had a wee ride on Spyke (who was a STAR).
Oh just realised, I completely forgot to mention that the TV and master bedroom are now sporting a new coat of pain!!! Yay!!!! That was a BIG job but I got the TV room finished before Christmas (just) and got the bedroom done before new year. It is sooooo nice to have them done. The TV room looks completely different, I LOVE it!!!!
Anyway here are a few pics from the last month.
The new TV Room
2 comments:
I wonder what a new coat of painT would look like compared to a new coat of pain :-p hehe (looks great tho, v envious... would love to be rid of our dark red wallpaper)
LOL Oops and yet pain is probably fairly apt too, getting it done was a bit of a nightmare. :-)
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