Yeowza

It's been busy!

I spent a week in Dallas for work.

I got a new job.

:)

Same company, different area, promotion.  This is the level where the AVPs and VPs dwell, although I will not be quite at that point yet.  It's both exciting and terrifying, and was arduous (4 interviews over 3 weeks) and involved much emotional eating (and too much wine), followed by much celebrating (and too much wine).  My poor waistline....

I start in the middle of next month.

Not much time to ride, but still working with the saddle.  I evened up the stirrups, but they are now far too long for my stubby legs.  After my short, sad ride on Sunday I took my pocket knife and cut new slits in them to shorten them up.  We'll see how that works.

I could tell Peanut was pissed when we were cantering up a hill and he dropped his head then arched his back.  Yeah no.  We ended up cantering around the outside of the ring until we got a decent canter, but I was in a terrible place because I was reaching for those damn stirrups.  I may just have to have the fitter out again already.  She did ask for a shot of my saddle done up in these leathers/stirrups from the front, and who am I to keep the glory that is Peanut from the world?

I did pull out the rasp for the first time in a long time and freshened up Peanut's mustang rolls on his fronts.  He gets trimmed on Saturday, but they were looking droopy.  No one likes a droopy roll.