Surgery 2 days away : (

I have surgery in 2 days : ( , no riding for 2 months. it SUCKS! Also i'm buying a new saddle that I can't ride in til December! arggg! It is a Weaver 17 & 1/2 inch close contact saddle in havana. I gotta get new leathers and irons. So this weekend i might be going to the tack shop in another town to see if they have any that match the color. Also... last week I went for my riding lesson. I forgot my camera, it was a stressfull afternoon and i just forgot, and it's not acting right, but has anyone ever had a trainer that knows what your gonna do even before you do it? Mine is like that. Shes like "I wouldn't do that Christen!" I've known this trainer for 2 & 1/2 years soooo by now she should know me well...i just wouldn't think she'd know me that well. haha. I love her though, she's great. Well i gotta go do US History homework that never ends.

sayings

Somewhere behind the rider you've become, the hours of practice, frustration, numerous falls, and the coaches that have pushed you...is the little girl who fell in love with the sport and never looked back. Ride for her.

There are only two emotions that belong in the saddle; one is a sense of humour and the other is patience. - John Lyons

All horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl.

... you rise and fall with the leg by the wall ...

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. - Winston Churchill
Its a lot like nuts and bolts.... The riders nuts and the horse bolts!

The child who ran weeping to you with a cut finger is now brought home, smiling gamely, with a broken collar bone and incredible contusions-"it wasn't Clipclops fault, Dad."

“Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion.” Untold Novel Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care. - Pat Parelli

Grooming: the process by which the dirt on the horse is transferred to the groom.

How to ride a horse: Step One - Mount the horse. Step Two - Stay mounted ...

ok it's official

My surgery is on October 1st. I have to have an Osteotomy. They are going to cut away some of a bone in my wrist so it will take some pressure off of another bone in my wrist and hopefully it will allow circulation to that second bone. I'll be in the hospital overnight, then go home the next day. I'm probably going to be a real bitch. I don't do pain well. I'll be a cast for two months. Yep, you guessed it, no riding for two months. : ( Major sad face.
Maybe the New Moon companion book to make me feel better and the soundtrack. = )

Docotrs appointment tomorrow!!!

I have a doctors appointment tomorrow. : / I have to miss school and with it being Friday tomorrow, I miss a Physical Science test and a US History Test. So I guess i'll have to go early one day to take the Science test and take the history test during panther day....oh well..

Anyway, hopefully we'll know my surgery date soon. I really need to let the school know. Also..
The county fair is here...my FFA club shows animals. : ) I'm showing a goat : ) Hopefully i'll do better than 5th place like last year...stupid judge. He accused me of giving a dude answers when i was telling him to get off my foot. (This is why i stick mainly with horse shows.) But you get money and a ribbon for any placing. Last year i got a pink ribbon and $36 for prizes. and free admission to the fair.
Okay...i'm done.

I hate wrong labels

Last Christmas I got a new saddle. It was labeled as a 17 inch. Well.. I've used it a grand total of two times and i have to sell it. It is NOT a 17. I took it to the tack shop to sell and they measured it and it is actually a 16 & 1/2. I need a 17 or 17 & 1/2. So there is a Weaver 17 & 1/2 A/P saddle there that I am considering. who knows, I might find one I like better (I doubt it for that price)

Well... here are some pics. The Paint is named Toby and the bays are Clark & Abigail.

I have some good/bad news

Well... I have recently been informed that my doctors appointment has been moved up. So we're probably looking at surgery in October : / I have no idea of how soon i'll be able to get back into the saddle afterward. Also, the horse that caused this injury will NOT be boarding with me anymore. The owners are pissed at me for something that was their fault. But anywayz, I'm moving sometime soon. It's only going to be like 1 1/2 miles away from my current house so it won't be too bad. I could walk to the tack shop from that house if I wanted to. Also i've been promised that when our current house sells that i can start my horse search. And get a laptop. I won't have a big enough room for my desktop. A horse that i really wanted has already been sold : ( , so i am a little disappointed but I will continue searching. I have a lesson with my trainer on Thursday and she has promised me that she will help me with my horse search. Ever since the accident with my friends horse , she is a little..uhh...paranoid about what horses i get on, understandably, my hand is screwed, also she doesn't like TB's anyway. So we're mainly looking at QH's but it's not limited to that. My fav breeds are QH or related to QH's so...i'm kinda picky. I kinda have to have the horses that are lazy i guess would be the word. But also have some get up and go to them. If they are naturally fast then...not good for me...Oh well...enough of me ranting.
Good Night