For those who have not yet made it to the big kid world, let me
clue you in on a little fact; it's rough. After a particularly long week I am
thanking the working world gods and the inventor of Xanax that I made it
through.
About 2 months
ago, tenacity and bullheadedness gave me a spot on the coaching staff
of the world's (second) best equestrian team. Since then I have been trying to
sort out in my head how does one teach people who are a few years younger, or
even the same age as me! Luckily the girls have been pretty understanding and
my head coach has the same undying love for the sport as me (totally did not
know that was possible.)
Anyway, I tell you
that story to share this one, Wednesday was yet another wonderful 7:30 am (why
do I have to be functioning at that ungodly hour now that I’m graduated?!)
lesson with my girls. One of my horsemanship riders was trying her absolute
hardest to grasp the trick of effectively using her leg; while bareback.
Persistently she rode through the paces, every once in a while
needing a little help from the reins to balance herself. About halfway through
the lesson she slipped pretty drastically and abandoned the “pretty princess”
look to grab her horse and stay on.
Exasperatedly she told me,
“I just don’t understand why I can’t get this.”
I told her adamantly that she was doing great and that it was a
very tough exercise not mastered overnight. That answer didn’t seem to cut it
for her as she was still bummed with her performance.
I looked at her completely straight faced and said,
“I have 23 years’ experience and several world championships; darlin’
I still grab the saddle horn in half my sliding stops.”
She chuckled and
said “really?”
My reply,
“When things go sketchy, just grab mane.”
She laughed and ended up finishing her lesson beautifully.
After a week of denied housing applications, angry co-workers and
escaping corgi dogs I realized that that advice was pretty applicable to
everyday life too. If everything is not working out perfectly like you hoped,
just grab mane and hang on!
I kinda forgot about that outlook earlier this week, the subsequent
emotional turmoil resulted in a Kim Kardashian sized diza melt down. Luckily I
had my mom to coax me through it and slap me (figuratively) upside the head.
This morning the metaphorical
straw broke the camel’s back, as I was frantically chasing my loose dog through
the neighborhood, the entire scene caused me to break into hysterical giggles. Who
wouldn’t laugh at a fully grown woman chasing a 25 lb dog around the block,
barefoot in half makeup? They say laughter is the best medicine, so I figure my
blood pressure should be a few points lower now.
Love ya,
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