Happy New Year!
I can’t believe how fast 2008 went by. It was a pretty big year for me – I graduated high school, interviewed at Windchase and Team CEO Eventing, experienced my first barn fire, spent a crazy summer preparing for the transition to semi-adult life, and of course, moved down to Virginia! And I’ve learned a lot too – about life, about horses, and about myself.
But now it’s 2009, and it’s time for new plans and new goals. My number one goal is to actually get out there and compete! I’d love to do a few Beginner Novices in the spring and heck, maybe a Novice to finish up - that would be amazing! To do that, though, I need a competition horse…which is in the works. I’ll let you know what’s going on when everything’s 100% set in stone 
I also want to find Danny a new job. As much as I would love to just keep him around as a pet or something of the sort, I can’t afford to have two. And Danny just doesn’t do well under the intense pressure of a program such as Windchase. Even though it might kill me a little bit, he absolutely deserves to have a home where he can be someone’s hacking out/recreational jumping horse. I need to put my own desires aside, stop being selfish, and just do it 
I feel like I should have some non-horse related goals too…but right now I can’t think about anything else! I’ve been accepted at a bunch of colleges and been offered a lot of large scholarships, but maybe I’ll just defer it all for a year and do my thing here for even longer. It’s too early to decide just yet.
Anyway, I know this isn’t a very exciting post but it’s been written right in the middle of the day, so deal I’ll post something more interesting soon, I promise. And now that I’ve posted my goals for the new year – what are yours? Post in the comments
Compete. DO IT.
Regarding Danny, you may have to make that hard decision, yes. It can be rough, but if you know you’re doing the right thing, then you’ll be able to handle it.
As for college…. It is a lot of fun. Maybe you should go at one in New England so I can come see you? I dunno. Just saying.
My goals? As my blog states…. WRITE MORE!
Way to update, by the way.
Absolutely going to compete, even if I have to rent a damn pack mule to do it
Phyllis knows of a very experienced event horse I could lease so I’ll be trying her out and posting something about that; and a couple of people have come to try out Danny. Sigh, life will be easy someday, haha.