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ahhhh my lesson went so well. i did a lot better than i thought i was going to....granted, a lot of that had to do with the horse. jinxie - a totally adorable chestnut quarter horse. she's kinda small for a qh, but she moves really nicely and is SO responsive. and especially for someone like me, she's really smooth....normally she's a western pleasure horse, so she's got those really smooth slow gaits....which is good for me since i'm not used to posting and diagonals and a teensy tiny saddle lol. but her slow trot made posting kinda hard....i'll work on it.

i'm really happy though. the people i met were super nice, the barn's nice, they have an indoor, and the lessons are private and ONLY $20 for an hour. i felt like i learned more today than i did in all my previous lessons combined. so....awesome. yeah, it's a little further than i'd like to drive, but you win some and you lose some.

yay! i did walk/trot/canter, lunged her, did some balancing exercises.....i feel really good. it's so much nicer to walk away from a ride, whether it's a lesson or not, and feel satisfied with it all, rather than to walk away thinking, do i really want to do this again? maybe i'm just not cut out for riding. but yeah, i'm super happy and content right now.

now.....i need to pack some things for the next two days in marion.....and then away kiera, katie, and i go!