show & lesson

All right, first I have to say something about daylight savings time:
IT FUCKING SUCKS.

If you don’t agree, you obviously haven’t lost an hour of sleep when you’re getting up at 3 30 AM, anyway. (:
(Well, actually, it was supposed to be 4 00, but I woke up a 1/2 hour early. That happened last time, too. Weird.)

So I technically got up at 3 30 – but if you don’t factor in DST, then it was 2 30 AM. What. The. Fuck. That suckssss. D: I’m sleep deprivvveddd. Although not as much as Bonnie. xD!

Anyway, the show was amazing! It was apparently my best show performance yet. :) And it was a double-points show (so all of the points are doubled; like a blue ribbon would be 12 pts instead of 6). I got a first, second, 2 fourths, and a sixth. Bonnie was pretty ticked. *laughs* She said that so far, she’d thought judging had been fair on my part – but not this time.

‘There was no reason for that. I mean, even when you got a sixth, you did nothing wrong. That judge was just… Well, I don’t know. But there was no reason for that. Which really sucks, since it was a double points show, but whatever. Anyway, you did good…’

*laughs* I’m just really pumped that I know I did well. It was also the first time I’d placed in all my classes since the practice show – way back in October! Tonka was perfect, too. He was very responsive, and energetic, and… yeah. Perfect. Bejealous;)

Anyway, I had a lesson today instead of on Wednesday. We ended up having a bareback lesson, since Laura left without remembering the saddle was in her trunk, and we didn’t have time to spare since Bonnie had pony club later that evening.
Well, Tonka has pretty sharp withers and a rather sharp spine, too. All I can say is… I’m bruised. Badly. lol!

I enjoyed it, though. I haven’t had a bareback lesson in forever <3. And I managed to stop Tonka even though he ran out on a jump (my fault, I know) and galloped off.
Me: “Ahhh, sorry ^^;; -galloping-”
Tonka: -sharp turn-
Me: -slide- “Uhh, okay, yeah. I think I’m going to fall off. ^^;;; *laughs*”
But. I didn’t. So hah. It was fun. x)

This time the pony club meeting was at the barn (it’s held at different locations almost every time) so I got to see the filly. My heart’s kind of swelling (^^;) so I think it’s going to be a lot of text now. You were warned!

Okay, so I walked to her paddock and saw (delightedly) that the back of her stall was open, so she could get turnout (it’s split 12hr/12hr between her and Luna/Houdini). I clicked for her and called out “Heyyy, pretty girl! Heyyyy…” (It sounds so dumb when I write it, but I say it, and I don’t give a damn if you think it’s retarded. xD)

But she didn’t come, which I was kind of disappointed about, but I walked inside the back barn and found out she still had hay. That explains it. I called her a couple times, but she didn’t seem interested in leaving her hay, although she glanced up a couple times. So I picked a small handful of grass, and went back inside. I was thrilled to see she’d followed me out; even though that’s probably because whenever I go back there, whoever’s out gets grass ^^;;;. Luna does it, too. It makes me feel really… good… that they’ve noticed me enough to put two and two together. :)

So I fed her the grass, and she stuck around as I let her sniff my shirt, my hair, and my general scent overall; I blew into her nostrils, and let her know it was me; I murmured random praise to her; finally, I began to rub and scratch her delicate head. She totally relaxed; it was so peaceful. I just kept murmuring, “I love you, I love you…” And rubbing her and letting her nuzzle my stomach and kissing her face, and hugging her, and just being with her.

Then Laura called, and we had to go. I actually almost cried when we were leaving; I was surprised at how much it took to be perky. I just felt really… detached. But she’s so unconditionally loving… it’s hard not to be taken in. I just love her so much…

Shit, I’m crying. Damn. Okay, one second. x)

Okay, better now. (: But, yeah. Then I came home and watched a movie since it has to go back tomorrow and posted here and now I have to take my dog out and go to bed.

Oh – I just thought of something that basically perfects fits my mood about the filly right now. But it’s too long to post in here (which is long enough anyway), so I’m going to make a quicky blog after this. Love you guys :) –tbk

written from my laptop, finished 11 46 PM [Tues, Mar. 10, 2009]