mewtwowarrior | Entries tagged with horse class

So, Thursday night, me and my Mom went to my aunt's house to spend the night, since we had to get up early to go work at the dog agility competition.

We got up at 5:30 AM. Whoo. One of her dogs forgot we were there and growled at me and Mom on the couch. XD Once she realized what was going on, she came to visit with all the others and their cold feet from going outside. XD

It took us a while to get to the arena. On the way there, my aunt called her boyfriend and put him on speakerphone, so we all chatted and he put his cranky dog on and it growled. XD

The arena place was a lot like the barn we used in the horse class. It had more seating and an upper level. I'm not sure which one was longer, because the horse one felt like FOREVER LONG when you're carrying an armful of heavy saddle. XD What made it more amusing was that last week there was a horse show there, so it still smelled horsey. XD

My job was to sit and pick up any of the jump bars if the dogs knocked them over. I also helped get what I could set up of the ring when they changed things around. If they didn't have someone else doing it, I would take the leash from the beginning to the end. It wasn't too bad, and we got paid and a free lunch. XD It was a long day though, and the photographer got in the way, so I had to walk around a little more to avoid him. >_> And once I was sent all by myself to get a table, and it turned out to be solid metal and heavy. X_X I waddled with it by putting it on one of my feet and holding it and taking a step at a time. One guy helped me get it on the elevator, and another guy saw me at the bottom and just took it himself. XD

It was fun watching the dogs and I'd get to pet them sometimes and play with them a little. So many of them were so cute and had adorable personalities. ^_^ Sometimes there'd be nothing I could do, so I'd go off and see what dogs were around. <3 I really loved the Shelties, they were soooo cute! The Border Collies were adorable too, and they were really funny in the ring, sometimes their owners would sit or lie them down and walk a distance before they started, so some of the dogs would stick their butts in the air and some would scoot along the ground while their owner's back was turned. XD They really, really wanted to go and run. XD

We were sooo tired and sore at the end of the day, so at my aunt's house, we ordered pizza. Domino's wouldn't deliver there, so we went with Pizza Hut instead. Out of 4 things, only 1 was really right. X_X We ordered a supreme pizza for my Mom and aunt, and that was okay. Me and Mom had a cheese stuffed crust pizza, except that the cheese was supposed to be in the crust, but it wasn't, it was in front of the crust. X_X I ordered breadsticks, but I got their funky cheese sticks instead. X_X Mom ordered a half order of the chocolate dunkers, but they gave her a full order. XD I guess that wasn't so bad. XD

So, we went to bed early and got up at 5:30 again. Whee.

Did the same thing on Saturday, just helped with whatever needed helping with. ^_^ I got to rest a little bit more, because someone else was doing the leash running for a while. It was fun, but hard work.

Me and Mom talked to my aunt for a while, then left. Mom went and picked up some food at Popeye's, but I was too sore and tired to eat. XD

Me and Mom each made $190, and we're going to spend it all at Sugoicon next weekend. XD We have enough for the hotel room and gas and food and some stuff from the vendor room. ^_^ We also have a bit of other money that we were saving for it. ^_^

At home, Dad got home a little bit later than us, he had gone to the zoo and volunteered at their Halloween event.

We watched Bleach, it was pretty good, though Dad got bored during the Kaien and Rukia flashback, so I had problems hearing most of it. XD Kaien's voice bugs me, and I'm not sure why. It seems to fit him, but it just sounds...funky or something...maybe kinda like a cowboy. XD

Ohhhh, I wanted to sleep in, but I woke up still sore with the added bonus of cramping. X_X

After we ate and I took some medicine, I felt better, but still not enough to go and volunteer at the zoo. Mom told me I should stay home. XD

They'll be gone for a while, so I'll have the house to myself. I wanted to play a game on the TV, but I don't really even feel good enough for that. >_> Every time I think about Metroid, my hand starts hurting. XD I need to finish Pikmin 2, also.

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Hmmm, really considering making a Byakuya account. Keep thinking about Captain Nelliel. Also wondering about Ryuuken a little.

Current Mood: tired

Yep, that's right, today starts my Spring Break! ^_^

I had a MacroEconomics test today, and I got an 88 on it. I got an 88 on the previous test too... XD

French class was ok, but our teacher gave us a worksheet to do for Spring Break. It wasn't that hard, but it was annoying nonetheless.

Mom came and picked me up, and we went to eat at the cafeteria place, and I found one of my friends. Even though my friend was done eating, she stayed and talked to me and mom. ^_^

We made our way home, and I saw my dad and sister. My sister was having an issue with her braces, so I got to see her orthodontist place for the first time. ^_^ Turns out the braces were doing what they were supposed to, it was just a bit weird.

Later, my mom was looking at my bucket of horse stuff, and she brought the rope halter into the den. She looked at me, and asked what in the world it was. XD I told her it was a halter, and she disagreed. Mom has been around horses for a long time, but she hadn't seen a rope halter. XD

We argued a bit in good nature, and mom pulled up a website to show me what a "real" halter looked like. But, after poking around, she found the rope halters on there too. XD

While we were playing with the halter, I was showing mom how it went on the horse, and I ended up sniffing it. I said, "Smells like Tina." XD

My sister had a Naruto box of mystery. Her box of mystery had Negi. I opened the other box of mystery and Orochimaru was in it. T_T Boo for villians. XD

Today was busy, but pretty cool nonetheless.

Current Mood: cheerful

^_^ Yep, today is the first Wednesday of the semester where I didn't have to go to my horse class!

My MacroEconomics and French classes were kinda boring, but at least I had my English "Tea and Cookies" class. The English class is an Honors class that pretty much is the English club. We get snacks and have people come and talk to us. We meet once a week, every other week. It's pretty cool.

When I got to class today, this girl looked at me and said something about the convention and how she thought I had looked familiar. I think she was the girl who cosplayed as Jareth the Goblin King from Labyrinth. She had her laptop out and was on Gaia Online. I mentioned that I was on there too, so she found me, and now we're friends on there too. ^_^

After that class, I called my friend that used to take me to horse class and asked her if she was glad that we didn't have to bother with it ever again. She responded that because of the mess with the bank and her loan, that she couldn't withdraw the class and was going to talk to some people about it. I was nearby, so I decided to come with her. She got it all taken care of.

She wanted me to hang out with her and her boyfriend while he worked at the desk in one of the dorms. I said that this sounded pretty good, but I had some French homework and I wanted to eat. She said that was cool, her boyfriend was going to work for a few hours, so I could take my time.

So, I went to a computer lab and checked on my French homework, but the teacher hadn't sent the link. I met a friend there, and we started chatting.

He started talking about MySpace, and this person's name. We discussed it for a bit, then I asked who it was. He looked at me weird and said it was mine. I gave him an even weirder look and said that I didn't have a MySpace. He was confused at this, for he thought this person was me for quite a while! XD

He went to the person's page, and it was a bit too pink and cute for my tastes. XD The girl was also about 3 years older than me and drinks. But, she lived in the same state, had the same zodiac sign, and possibly the same name as me! XD

There's someone else in the anime club that has the same name as me, so it might be her. My friend said that now he'll have to figure out who this person really is. XD

So, I went to pick up a Pizza Hut pizza and breadsticks from the food court, so I could eat and chat at the same time. I also got chips and a drink that came with the pizza.

I walked to where my friends are, and we chatted for a while.

My friend was playing with a crossword puzzle, and I helped too. She didn't really care if the answers were right or not. XD Then, on the same page, I saw a sudoku, and decided to play with it.

While I was working on it, another friend came by and greeted everyone, though, with me bent over, he mistook me for Magical Aaron, though Magical Aaron is a guy with lighter colored hair. XD My friend that drives me to horse class made fun of him for that.

She wanted to play Magic with someone, but her boyfriend couldn't, because they're not allowed to do anything fun at the desk. In his words, they're "only allowed to poke their eyes out." XD

So the guy that mistook me for Magical Aaron said that he had a deck, and he brought it down. I finished the sudoku, and followed them to a table to watch.

While I watched, I finished my chips. I was thirsty, but didn't want the Pepsi that my school has in the Vending Machines. So, I walked to the campus food store and purchased 3 medium bottles of Coke.

I brought my Coke back and watched some more. I finished my Coke, and I wasn't feeling all the greatest, so I decided to go back to my dorm.

When I got to my room, my roommate was leaving. Yay peace and quiet! ^_^

Last night and this morning, she was a pest.

Last night she brought that dude back again. He was supposed to be working on a paper or speech, but they talked and sang and stuff, so I wonder how much work was actually done.

As far as I can tell, he is the dude she was drama-ing about on Sunday, and it sounds like they are in the process of possibly going out with one another. Goody, that means he'll be hanging around a lot more.

I was kinda tired, but after he left, my roommate came back and poked around for a while. By that time, it was nearly time for my daily stuff to rollover, so I stayed up till then. After I did my daily stuff, I brushed my teeth and came back. My roommate was in her bed poking with her camera.

By the time I got my computer shut down and stuff, she was ready to go to sleep.

Finally, a night when all the lights were turned off when I go to bed.

This morning, she was poking around while I was trying to sleep. I think I heard a bit of music from her computer, and she called the phone company or something to get text messaging on her phone.

Just because she can sleep with the lights on and through her alarm and whatever else, doesn't mean I have the same capabilities. *sigh*

Oh well, maybe she'll learn someday.

XD Mom said that in my position, she'd pay my roommate back tenfold.

I think her definition of this is the Cave Story music, mom hates it for some reason.

May be the fact that the only time she heard it was when there was a lot of enemies and I was using a very noisy weapon. XD

Oh well, I still like it anyways. ^_^

Current Mood: happy

Yes, this is the end. I've had enough of my stupid horse class, so I'm going to drop it.

When I went to go get Tina, she was running around near another horse. She finally stopped and walked a bit, then I got the halter on her, she kinda stuck her nose into again. ^_^

We got back to the barn and I tied her up. I started currying and brushing her, she didn't roll in too much mud this time, so it was easy to clean her up.

Then, I went and got the saddle, saddlepad, and bridle. The bridle, for some reason, seemed sticky the whole class period. Anyways, I got the saddlepad on Tina, and kept messing up while I put the saddle on her, making the saddlepad slide incorrectly. Well, the saddle is heavy, so I rested a bit, leaning on Tina.

From across the way came a harsh voice of one of the helpers, "Stop leaning on Tina and get on her!" >_> Well, she only had the saddlepad on at that point, so I couldn't have! So, I fought with the saddle some more.

My friend that drives me to the class had the spot next to me, so I walked over and asked if she could help me move my saddle.

Again, a harsh voice, but not that of an instructor or helper, but one of the students. She told me that I shouldn't walk away from a horse that had a saddle on, and that it would be a broken saddle. *sigh* So, back to fighting with the saddle.

Eventually, the teacher came over and helped me get the saddle on. I asked across the way if the helper girl could check to see if my saddle was tight enough. She told me to bridle Tina and bring her over.

So, I got the bridle on Tina and walked across the arena. The helper girl yelled at me that I should watch where I was going and to not walk in front of the horses. >_> The horses were going around in circles, so it was hard to NOT walk in front of the horses. *sigh*

Well, the girl took a look at my saddle and said that it was incorrect. Mind you that the teacher put the saddle on. So, off came the saddle. Again. So, the girl showed me how to put the saddle on, took it off and told me to try. All this time, Tina was trying to walk around. So, with some difficulty, I finally got Tina saddled.

Now, time to get on. Well, since every time I shift my weight, Tina starts to walk, so I went to the stepping blocks. About this time my friend came over, and she was uneasy. She hasn't spent too much time around horses, and that which she has has been largely unpleasant.

So, I tried the stepping blocks, but Tina kept moving. I held Tina's face, around her nose, and asked her nicely to behave. I was just so frustrated, I figured it couldn't hurt anything. I figured wrong. One of the helper girls yelled at me to get on Tina, that this wasn't a pony something-or-the-other, I forget her exact words. *sigh*

Only one option then, to get on the horse while it was moving. I failed the first time, then got it the second time.

Tina decided to start trotting quickly, and I thought that was ok, because everyone else was trotting. But, no. The teacher called out and said that I needed to walk while everyone else trotted.

Well, Tina was uncooperative most of the time, I had problems controlling her for a great deal of the time.

The teacher said that if anyone knocked down an orange cone, he'd take a quiz point away. Ouch.

Well, after going around with Tina for a bit, we all stopped our horses, and the teacher talked to us. During which, I sneezed and my feet jerked, and Tina kinda started walking a bit. Whoops.

Finally, it was time to go. I got off Tina and took her to the post. I started to tie her up, when a harsh voice fussed at me, that I was tying it the wrong way. She proceeded to take the rope and put it around the right way. I've been tying the horse from the first day the same way, twice a day, and no one ever told me before that I was doing it wrong. *sigh*

Well, me and my friend headed on out. She isn't happy with the class either, the horses are making her really nervous. So, we both decided to withdraw from the class.

When I got back to my dorm, there were two guys playing a Mario game for SNES, I think it was Yoshi's Island. I watched and chatted with them for a bit, they were trying to get 100% on it. ^_^ They were pretty cool. XD

Then, I went back to my room.

Now, last night around midnight, my roommate asked if she could have a friend over for about an hour. I said sure. Soon afterwards, a tall guy walked in. They spent a while on her bed sitting and chatting. He even told her stuff that he said he didn't want many people to know. Guess he forgot about me on the computer. XD

Well, when I came back after horse class, he was in the room again! Him and my roommate were chatting again. Visitors make things slightly annoying for me, I have to do a few different things. So, I went to take my shower, and when I came back, they were singing along to some country song.

Whee. They sung a bit more, and during his visit, my roommate tried to convince him to hang out with her instead of him working on his paper. XD I think he had a class at 7, so they left soon. I'm not sure if she has the same class, but she hasn't come back yet. XD

Well, that's all for now.

Current Mood: depressed

Today I had a test in French. So, before my MacroEconomics class, I was looking over my French book. My MacroEconomics teacher teaches in the same classroom before mine. So, when he came out and say me studying, he said, "Good old Econmics! Wait a minute, you're not studying Economics, it's something much better!" I laughed and replied, "Yeah, French, I've got a French test next class."

After class, he asked me to say something in French, and I hesitated, my French isn't all that great, and he commented that it's probably easier to read French than say it, and I agreed. We chatted for a bit, and he wished me good luck on my test. ^_^

On to French! I looked over my stuff some more before class, then the test arrived. I'm not certain how I did, some parts I knew, other parts I didn't, and I rushed on some of the sentences due to time starting to run out.

I'm glad it's over.

Me and my friend that drives me to my horse class decided that we'll go to eat after the class. She wanted me to go to a different Japanese restaurant and try the sushi there. I agreed, and her boyfriend wanted to come too. Because of this, I didn't want to eat much beforehand, so I just picked up a smoothie so I wouldn't starve. XD

After I brought my smoothie back to my dorm, I played my daily Animal Crossing, and I got on the Internet. My email said that I had a new friend request on Facebook. This person's name was, "Sora Keyblade Master". Laughing, of course I had to accept a friend request from Sora! I also couldn't resist giving him a poke. "You poked Sora." Too funny. XD

So, then it was time for my horse class. My friend asked me to meet at her dorm, she needed to go to the bank and fix some stuff that had gone awry. On my way to the dorm, I ran into another friend from my anime club, and she told me that because of the convention they were setting up, there'd be no anime club tomorrow. So, I got there a bit early, and we headed out. She was at the bank for a while, and finally got it all sorted out. We got to class a few minutes early, so we weren't late, I was glad for that. ^_^

We didn't ride the horses today, they were resting them for a show and riding thing, so instead, we were lectured about bits and whatnot. Before class, me and my friend went to the bathroom, and there was a little bird inside! It flew past us, and we didn't see it again. Though, while waiting for the teacher to get to the classroom, we heard a bird cheeping from the rafters, and eventually saw it. Wonder if it was the same bird. XD

Our teacher brought in a horse skull and showed us different things about it. He said it was a mare's skull, because it was missing some canine looking teeth that he guy horses have. During the class, he said these things about the skull: "This particular head is dead." "When we put this horse back together..." and "Soft tissue is up there, not on this horse, he's lost his." Of course he said other things, but these were the most fun. ^_^

We got out of class about 30 minutes early, so my friend wanted to try a different path when driving. We did so, and she seemed happy about where we went. We still had time, so I ran back to my room and dropped my stuff off and changed clothes. I figured that dusty pants, flannel shirt, and dirty shoes weren't good to go eating in. XD

I walked back to my friend's dorm, and we waited for her boyfriend to get off work. He works at the front desk, so we all stood around and chatted.

Finally, it was time to go eat! We were all hungry, they had eaten quite a bit earlier, and I had only had the smoothie. On to the restaurant!

I got a Teryaki Seafood platter that came with shrimp, scallops, crab, vegetables, and rice. We also got soup before the meal. My friend's boyfriend said he'd pay for the sushi, and they got a Crunch Roll and a Crab Roll. They were pretty good, but I like other sushi better. All in all, it was a good meal. ^_^

I payed for mine and my friend's food and the tip. Going to eat is my way of paying for the gas when she drives me to the horse class. Though, if I end up dropping the class, I hope we can still eat sometimes.

Ah, yes, about the horse class. I asked the teacher about Auditing the class. Auditing a class means that you take the class without getting a grade. The teacher said that he didn't let people audit, because they often didn't show up or do the work. So, I'll probably just withdraw from the class, I have until next Friday to do so.

Probably nothing of too big of an interest will happen tomorrow, there's no anime club or anything else going on. While I'm glad for the break, I'll miss watching the anime. I'm tempted to download the last five episodes of one series and just finish it off. XD

^_^

Current Mood: cheerful

My classes today were rather uneventful, though, in French we reviewed for the test by playing Jeopardy of a sort. It was fun, and silly. The team that I was on won, yay! The teacher said that we'd get two points on our test on Wednesday. I'm gonna need them. XD

When I went to pick up a taco and chips at my favorite taco place, one of the lunch ladies told the other one that my voice was quiet and cute and she liked it. XD

Then, on to horse class. My friend that I take it with was feeling bad, so her boyfriend drove us both to the class. My friend didn't go to class, but I headed on. We stood out in the cold for a while, the teacher was a bit late. Everyone in the class chatted about horses, and I asked a few questions, here's what I learned:

Tina is 30 years old! O_O

Someone had mentioned in a previous class that they had set flame to the horses to get off their winter coats. I was curious, so I asked about that too. Turns out they get like a roofing torch and turn it real low and run it all over the horse. It just usually catches the long pieces of fur. But, sometimes large bits of the horse catch on fire and they brush it out. XD I'm sure the flaming horse looks pretty interesting...

Finally, we were allowed into the barn. We had a quiz, and I got 8 out of 10 questions right. I went and talked to the teacher about my grades in the class, and he said I was below average. :( (Though, most everyone in the class is either on the horse team or they have horses at home, so the average is always gonna be better than me.) Then, we went to get our horses. It was windy and drizzly outside. Tina was at the far end of the pen, and she kinda trotted away, but she stuck her nose in the halter and seemed to get along quite nicely.

Tina seemed like she wanted to eat, so I had a bit of trouble getting her back to the barn, but not too much. I got her tied up and started currying and brushing her. Tina had rolled in the mud a bit, so it took me a while to get her all cleaned up. Once again, they didn't have a bridle for Tina, so I had to ask about it. I had my characteristic issues with the saddle, issues carrying it, issues picking it up, issues with the saddle pad, issues putting the saddle on the saddle pad, and issues with tying it up. While I went bridle hunting with one of the assistant girls, one of the other assistant girls fixed my saddle mess.

When I went to put the bridle on, the assistant girl fussed at me for doing it wrong. Turned out I had the earpiece upside down. I didn't know how it was supposed to go, and I said so. The girl fussed at me telling me that they had told me how it was supposed to be done. I guess I was having issues during that time, the teacher always is talking to the others while I'm running behind.

During all this of cleaning and saddling Tina, there was one girl who was afraid of her horse. I've never seen anyone in the class uncomfortable, and they always get everything done before I do. Two of the assistant girls at different points talked really nice to her and encouraged her.

Once Tina was ready to go, I tried to get on her, but every time I shifted my weight, she'd start walking. I even tried putting the reins down, because they told me previously that I was holding the reins not evenly, and that was making her walk in circles. Well, the assistant girl came and fussed at me for not holding the reins, and I told her why I did that. Then, I showed her that even without the reins, when I just put my hand near Tina, she'd start walking. Well, the girl then fussed at me and said that I had let Tina get away with walking in circles so much in the past, that she knows she can get away with it. So, she jerked the reins and got Tina to stop. I got on Tina and started walking her.

Then, the assistant girl fussed at me for having my stirrups wrong. I told her I didn't know how to make them right, and she fussed at me saying that they had shown us how to size them. Guess I was having issues then too. So, I sized them the way she showed me, then tried to get on Tina.

Every time I shifted my weight, Tina moved. We walked in circles like that for the rest of the class. I never did get back on Tina. While the rest of the class was walking and trotting around the arena, me and Tina were walking in circles. *sigh* So, we went and put everything away, I had issues with all my stuff, and someone had to help me because the bridle fell.

They told us to put conditioner in the horses' manes and tails, so I asked where the conditioner was. They told me that Tina didn't need conditioning, but that I should help someone else. So, the nearest person I saw, I asked her if she wanted me to help. She was rather agreeable, so we started cleaning up her horse. It turned out to be Bobby, the first horse me and my friend had worked with. Bobby had bitten my friend and caused us other problems. But, the girl was talking about how layed back Bobby was and how you could do most anything and she would care. *sigh*

So, after cleaning Bobby, I went and got Tina to put her away. On my way out, the teacher told me that I just should get on Tina next time. I should bump her mouth, and then just get on. >_> Bumping her mouth doesn't help any, she won't listen to me. Another girl was heading that way, and she talked nice to Tina again. After she got her horse put away, I was putting Tina away, and we had this conversation:

Girl: "You smell like coconut."

Me: ... (I had used coconut conditioner on Bobby, and put what was left on my hands on Tina, so I wasn't sure who she was talking to.)

Girl: "If it makes you feel any better."

Me: *laughs and says something agreeable/silly* (I can't remember XD)

So, we headed back, chatting a bit. Some cows had been mooing a bit earlier, and I heard one moo again, so I said, "Someone must be irritating the cows." The girl made some sort of comment, then started babbling. She looked at me and asked if I had seen Harry Potter, I said that I did, but I wasn't an expert. (I do watch and read the Harry Potter stuff, but I'm not a super fan like some people. XD) She said that the guy who played Harry Potter was in a new movie and he was naked with horses. ... She said that there were pictures of him naked with white horses.

HOW WRONG IS THAT???!!!???

I'm mildly curious about this movie now....but more disturbed than anything. XD

Anyways, I headed on out after grabbing my stuff. My friend and her boyfriend were waiting for me in the car. ^_^ That was really nice of them. I told them about my disastrous day, and that I was considering Withdrawing from the class, in order to save my scholarship. I've gotta keep good grades to keep my scholarship.

Well, that's all for my adventures right now.

Tomorrow I've got my leadership thing and studying for French. Whoopee.

Current Mood: depressed

Today I went to my Horseback Riding class. It meets on Mondays and Wednesdays. It's off campus, so I'm taking the class with a friend who has a car. ^_^ She's pretty cool, and I'm thankful that she drives me to and from the class. :)

Today, we were supposed to have a quiz in class, but I've been highly distracted and stuff, and I forgot to read over the stuff the quiz was on. Well, at class, our teacher said it would be at the end of class, so I was pretty glad of that.

I went and got Tina, she's the horse I've been assigned for now. I keep messing things up, and one of the help girls called Tina a "babysitter" previously. Anyways, it was rather muddy, and Tina was at the very back end of the field. She must have been in a kind mood, because she didn't run away from me this time, yay!

I got the halter on her, and we started back to the gate. I had some issues with the gate, and it swung all the way open! I kinda panicked, and I was trying to not let go of Tina, and get the gate closed. Luckily, none of the other horses were paying attention, so nothing bad happened. I was just glad when I finally got that gate closed. Whew!

I brought Tina back up to the barn, and I saw someone else approaching, so I slowed Tina down, and Tina started munching on some grass. Then someone yelled that I needed to bring Tina in. They also said that I need to bring her in right away, and not let her eat. I guess no snacks for her until after the class.

So, I started taking Tina inside to the spot I had claimed earlier, and someone told me that I needed to tighten my halter a lot, like a foot or so. I tied Tina up, and fixed the halter, and one of the helper girls told me that I needed to shorten my tie, it was too long for the horse. I did so, and she told me it was still too long. She told me to look at someone else's rope, but I didn't recognize the knot. Knots are not my strong point. I think the helper girl got irritated and tied my horse up for me.

So, onto currying and brushing Tina! It was a big pain today because Tina had rolled in the mud and dirt, and it was all caked on her. I started currying her, but the dust irritated either my allergies or my mild asthma and started me coughing. I kept currying the left side of Tina, pausing every so often to cough, then I started brushing her. The brush kicked up more dust, thus more coughing. Same thing happened on Tina's right side. During all the brushing, the girl's horse next to mine started flipping out. It was trying to rear up, but couldn't because it was tied up. It was kicking with its front legs, and sprayed dirt on the wall. It also put its hoof over one of the bars. The horse finally calmed down, and the teacher yelled at the girl that she should never walk under the horse's nose, especially when it's flipping out. That causes you to have an early death. Glad I don't walk under horse's noses, I'd have to duck a lot. While I was working on Tina's right side, the teacher started hollering that we needed to hurry up and finish up with our horses.

Since I was running behind everyone, and I usually have so many issues with it, I once again skipped picking Tina's hooves. I went to go get the saddle, saddlepad, and bridle. We can get any saddle and saddlepad, but each horse has a bridle and a number. Tina still doesn't have a bridle hook though, so I have to ask to get one for her. Sometimes they give me one, other times they tell me to get one that wasn't on a labeled hook. I didn't have too much troubles carrying the saddle, I usually do, so I was pretty happy with that.

But, the teacher had moved my horse up, because people kinda needed to ride in that area. Not too big of a problem, and it was easier to carry my stuff to her. Though, the teacher used that unfamiliar knot....maybe I should ask about that... Anyways, I was trying to lift the saddle to the top bar like usual, sometimes I can get it up there, and other times I need help. While I was struggling with that, one of the helper girls yelled that I could put the saddle on the second bar if needed. Wish I had known that several class periods ago.

The saddle pad is easy to get on the horse, you just put it on and make sure it goes in the right spot. The saddle is the tough part. It's kinda heavy, and it's bulky and has some dangly bits you have to fling over to get them on the other side of the horse. Well, I had my usual difficulties, plus some. lol, somehow I got myself tangled in some of the saddle stuff, I'm still wondering how in the world that happened. XD I was able to put the saddle on the horse, but the saddle pad slid, and I got yelled at for that previously, so I tried to fix it. I ended up taking my saddle on and off several times, when one of the helper girls came to my rescue. ^_^ She worked with me to pick the saddle up and get it into the right spot, and she even saddled up my horse completely!

When it came to the bridle, Tina's head was really muddy, so the helper girl told me to go get the brush to clean it off. I didn't know we were supposed to clean the horse's head, so I hadn't. I walked back to get my brush, and the helper girl told me that we just brush the parts on the horse's head that the leather bits of the bridle will touch, so that it doesn't rub and get sore. Makes pretty good sense. So, I was ready to get on Tina. The helper girl tossed my halter and brush off to the side, so I made a note of where they had gotten placed.

The helper girl told me that I should use the stepping blocks to get on Tina. I can get on the horses regularly, but last time, I was having issues, and me and Tina went in circles. So, I lead Tina to the stepping block, and picked up my reins to place them on her neck the proper way to prevent from going in circles. But, there was a ring thingie on the reins that had them held together. I assumed that there was a reason for this, and put the reins on Tina's neck, and tried to get on. But, Tina started going in circles again, and I realized that the ring thing probably shouldn't be on the reins, so I worked on sliding it off. By the time I had nearly got it off, one of the helper girls was storming over. She hollered at me that I was to never again put the reins on the same side of the horse and get on. I showed her the ring thing, and she said it wasn't needed and it got tossed on the ground. I put the reins the right way, and Tina still moved, but I finally got her to hold still, and up I went. Though I can hop on the horse the right way, the stepping block was a lot easier. ^_^

By this time, most of the class was lined up on their horses listening to the teacher talk. I got Tina to walk up and got her to stop. The teacher talked for a while, and then told us to walk around the ring. I did so, and had a lot of troubles, Tina seems to want to wander. I was having problems controlling Tina, and the helpers told me that I needed to "bump" the reins. Well, from day one, "bumping" was never clearly explained, and I assumed that it meant you tap the reins against the horses neck to get them to turn. Well, I was wrong. "Bumping" is where you gently tug backwards on the reins. Wish they had cleared that up for me classes ago... Anyways, to get Tina to really walk along the rail, I kinda had to "bump" her left rein constantly. One of the helper girls yelled at me to give the reins and just let Tina go. *sigh* Anyways, I had difficulty, Tina sometimes would cut the corners and wander, I was trying to keep her to the edge and accidentally really ticked this one girl off and she yelled at me to not cut her off, because I had nearly walked my horse in front of her horse. *sigh*  The helper girls and the teacher would call out and tell us how to fix things, and one round through, the teacher said I was looking a bit better. ^_^

Tina also likes to pick up speed randomly. I've never been given permission to trot (though most everyone else has) so I have to try and slow Tina down. When I slow Tina down, I yell "Whoa!" and tug on the reins. The teacher then stopped us, and said that a lot of us were doing that. The proper way to stop a horse is to hold your weight down, yell "Whoa", and then tug on the reins. So, Iremembered this. We started up walking again, but we were supposed to turn around. I had issues with that, especially since my method of "bumping" was different from the correct way, and I got mixed on how things worked. Well, when we were supposed to stop, I pushed my weight down and yelled "Whoa". Tina kept going. I did this several times, and then finally tugged on the reins. The teacher said that all these horses know "Whoa", but Tina doesn't seem to listen to me.

It was finally time to go! The teacher had accidentally kept us late, so we didn't have the quiz after all. ^_^ I had to go pick up the halter and brush, and bring Tina back to my spot. Nothing of note happened, I got all my stuff put away, one of the ladies helped me put my saddle and saddle pad away.

Time to take Tina back outside! I untied Tina from the pole and took her outside. While I was walking her back to the field, one of the girls was coming back from it, and she came alongside Tina and started baby-talking to her. >_> She was loving on Tina, and it was slightly annoying since Tina irritates me so much. XD I got Tina put back in the field, my friend put her horse away, and the girl who baby-talked to Tina, we all worked on getting the gate shut. We didn't know how to quite do this, as we had not seen anyone else do it, and the girl said that the teacher told her to do it right. We got it closed and locked, we hope it was the right way. XD

We all went back to the barn. I went and talked to the teacher about my grade. Since I mess everything up, I was worried about my grade. But, the teacher said that 1/4 is quizzes, 1/4 is the mid-term, 1/4 is the written final, and 1/4 is the riding final. So, all my mistakes now won't hurt me. Hopefully.

So, me and my friend went back to her car. I had a bottle of water in my bucket, since I often cough because of the dust on the horse. My friend wanted a drink out of it. >_> I hate drinking after people, so I just said she could have it, especially since it didn't seem to help and almost made me worse off. I hope she doesn't get any germs from me, but I did warn her.

My friend dropped me off near my dorm, and I went in and got cleaned up.

I'm a little wore out from my horse class, glad I don't have homework. ^_^

I'm looking forward to my anime club tomorrow. :)

^_^