Day 3 Horsemanship

Just a very quick post 

As I am on the bus on the way home

To let you know that I started my course on Monday

And so far it's going pretty well

The day is long enough

9 15am - 4 15pm

The first half of the week is spent in the classroom 

Doing modules like goals, communications and such

Thursday and Friday are spent in the stables 

Learning everything about horses 

So I am excited for my first day tomorrow 

There are 14 in my class

Nice and small 

We are all at different stages 

But another girl started with me on Monday

The first question everyone asked me was had I horse riding experience 

I played down the riding I've done 

As I don't want to look a fool if it all goes wrong 

But I did say that I had been learning to canter 

Which if I'm honest 

I regret saying 

Most of the people in the class had very limited experience of horses

Apart from the other new girl 

Who used to work in a trekking centre 

So I'm thinking she knows her stuff

Monday was tough though 

I'm getting a bus in to town at 7 50am

So I'm up at 7am 

And it's pitch dark at that time 

Then finding my classroom

Meeting the other girls 

We have three breaks in the day 

Which is great as the day is broken up in to chunks 

But during the breaks on the first day 

I didn't know where everyone went 

So I spent my breaks alone 

Sad I know 

But yesterday the girls asked me to lunch so I gladly went 

And they are all lovely 

All animal mad like me 

So we have that in common from the get go

Today was good as we had a different teacher 

Who taught us all about the horses tack 

And the the anatomy of a horse 

So I enjoyed that 

I'm hoping that I might be able to get a later bus in to town 

As they seem pretty flexible about what time you show up at

In fact it's all very relaxed and informal 

I guess we are all adults 

So the onus is on us

Anyway 

I will update properly at the weekend 

Appologies for being AWOL

But it seems life is shooting forward at break neck speed

But I know there are things I need to iron out 

Like the fact I'm not eating during the school day 

And I'm finding it very difficult to manage meals at the breaks 

The thing is 

I know I won't last if I don't fuel my body 

And the next thing will be that I'll get ill or weak 

But look

These are all teething problems 

I'm sure it will all work out sooner or later 

A big thank you to all the lovely ladies keeping our community going 

You know who you are 

Alright that's me

See you on the next post...