Wow, sucky, sucky day. My horse was so bad, wouldn't let me catch him, wouldn't go down the driveway, didn't want me to tack him up, didn't want anything to do with me. I put him in the round pen for a bit and watched a group lesson. (Ok, so I was having a bit of a pity party today) and I was sitting watching the lesson, wishing Xavier was sound so I could ride him and get to do the stuff those riders were doing, but ya know I can't do anything about that. I had to keep saying I got to ride Socks, and she was coming along so well! But anyways, I got Duncan back out and started to tack him up. I felt like he just needed a reset button. I didn't want what happened earlier to ruin the whole day, I wanted him to know that I still loved him, and that is was ok. It kinda worked, I pet him and tried reassuring him, but he didn't want much to do with me. He was more interested in what his friends were doing. But anyways ended up putting my leg over him and just taking it slow. A little later I went up to the paddock again with a friend and he at least let me touch him (with some work). I know it's a work in progress, but days when it seems like all your hard work just doesn't pay off can be plain depressing.
It sucks when you don't get what you want, or things just don't go your way. No one ever likes that, but I think it is a really important lesson to learn. God has a plan for my life, everything will work itself out. I will be okay. Duncan will be okay. Everything will be okay.
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