Settling In

"And we'll never be royals (royals).

It don't run in our blood,

That kind of luxe just ain't for us.

We crave a different kind of buzz."

Royals by Lorde

Well we made it to Florida! We are all still trying to regroup from the long trip. Things have been great around Rocking Horse. Though I have to say, Altoona, Florida is the retirement town. This is the place to live after someone retires. Granted, it's an adorable town. We have a show this weekend. Yay! Mystic has been absolutely brilliant these past few days. Though today we got a little frazzled when I missed my distance to one jump and then overcorrected causing me to miss all of my distances so we had to jump the same jump over again until I figured it out. Minor issues that can be fixed. 

I don't believe I've ever been so sore in my life. Not even when I was working 13 hours at Jenna's. And this is all because Heather, at dinner the other night, was like "hey guys! Do Insanity with me!" to all the people staying the entire time. For those who don't know what it is, it's a crazy insane workout program, hence the name. I'm totally cool with doing it, but it just hurts to have to like craw up the steps in the RV to get in. It's fun being out there suffering through it with everyone though. 

Helping out in the barn has been cool as well. Today we had to ride the horses out to Mike and Heather and then ride the horses they were riding before to the barn, so they didn't have to come back and forth from the jump field cause it was a long way away. I got to walk back this horse named Barney and like I've loved him from the ground but even walking him, he was so awesome. He's just a year younger than Mystic, but he's 17.2 and awesome. He just doesn't know where his feet are yet. But he's a big puppy dog. I like being out at the barn helping out. I don't like sitting around.

I'm really looking forward to this show. Ride times came out today. On Saturday, I do dressage at 11:19 and stadium at 11:59 Florida time. It's a good thing she'll be warmed up. I'm not one hundred percent sure when my cross country is on Sunday, but I think it's early morning. Hopefully, it won't be cold though. Today in my lesson I had 3 jackets and a long sleeve shirt on. It's like I left Texas to escape this. 

Life's been fun here in Florida and I've only been here for four days. I'm looking forward to what the season brings.Hopefully all good outcomes!