Kayla's LJay

So, good news, farrier came out and was a lot less concerned about Enrique's rotating feet than I was :P He shifted the angles of the feet a bit, and thinks that should help get things back on track. He wants to see him again in 4 weeks. We are going to try to hold off on shoes for a bit longer and see if this trim work might be enough.

So I need to get riding. A lot. With lots of lunge lessons. Because I need to sit the trot properly. Because I got the Dressage Canada show schedule, and I need to get my act together, so that Enrique and I are somewhat competitive at 1st level!

Here is the list of shows available for me this year:
(any of the bronze shows are schooling shows, the Gold are National/FEI level shows)

March 13-14 Carrots & Cocktails Bronze Show
April 17-18 Carrots & Cocktails Bronze Show
May 1-2 Carrots & Cocktails Bronze Show
May 21-23 Amberlea Dressage Gold Show
June 12-13 CA/ADA Summer Festival Gold Show
June 24-27 CA/ADA National Gold Show
July 15-19 Edmonton Gold Rush Gold Show
July 30-Aug 1 Amberlea Dressage Gold Show
September 16-19 Alberta Provincials/Western Regionals

Obviously I'm not going to do ALL these shows. Because any of the gold shows are about $500-$750 each, by the time everything is done - so definitely not going to be able to do them all. Definitely the 3 schooling shows, because hopefully thats where we test the waters for our 1st level debut. And Costa will be shown training level (assuming I still have the little man). But I need to go to at least 2 Gold shows (probably the two CA/ADA shows, as they are close to my barn) and get 3 scores over 60% to qualify for the Provincials/Regionals.

So I need to devise a plan to get my act together. Sadly, my trainer is going to Florida for 4 months (figures) -after she carries the Olympic Torch on January 20th :P to compete and train down there (up there?) with 3 of her horses, so that leaves me with Costa's trainer. Which actually might not be a bad idea, because she is much more about the rider than just focusing on how the horse is going. She's a very pretty, and correct rider, and well, I've gotten sloppy at some things, so might be nice to have someone yell at me for that for a change :P

But that brings me to my Schedule of Life. Which deserves capitals, because its almost epic :P (and brilliantly organized, if I do say so myself)

Monday;
School from 8-1pm
Work from 1:30-5:30pm
Ride Enrique

Tuesday;
School from 8-12pm
Gym
Lesson on Enrique @ 3pm
(yay slacker day. Probably errand day too)

Wednesday;
School from 8-12pm
Work from 12:30-5:30pm
Ride Costa

Thursday;
Lesson with Costa @ 9am
Ride Enrique
School from 1-5pm
Personal Trainer @ 6pm

Friday;
School from 8-3pm
Ride Enrique
Hang out with friends/social commitments

Saturday;
Work from 8-4:30pm
Gym at lunch

Sunday;
Work from 8-4:30pm
Gym at lunch

So that's not too bad; if I stick to it, I get to the gym 4x a week. I ride Enrique 4x a week, and Costa 2x per week. So not too bad. The trick now is not to burn myself out or exhaust myself, otherwise I do nothing :P

So said Costa's trainer when she saw my schedule for the New Year. I actually don't mind it though - I think its a little bit more doable than the schedule I have right now, and lets me get a bit more done withought hopefully burning myself out - and I've come pretty darn close this month :P

Monday;
School from 8-1pm
Gym
Ride Enrique
(my wonderful sweet slacker day! You can bet this is sometimes going to be a nap day too!)

Tuesday;
School from 8-1pm
Work from 1:30-4:30pm
Gym
Lesson with Enrique

Wednesday;
School from 8-2pm
Work from 2:30-5:30pm
Ride Enrique
Ride Costa

Thursday;
Lesson with Costa
Ride Enrique
School from 2:30-5pm
Personal trainer

Friday;
School from 8-1pm
Work from 1:30-5:30pm
Gym

Saturday
Work from 8-5:30pm
Gym at lunch
Ride Enrique

Sunday
Work from 8-5:30pm
Gym at lunch

So its steady this time, but I don't think I'm going to want to rip my head out like I normally do. And I actually have pony time!

Schedule for Nov. 23 – Nov. 29

Monday
Work @ Parkdale from 8-430pm
Ride Enrique
Go tanning

Tuesday
School from 9-3pm
Gym
Ride Enrique

Wednesday
Work @ SouthCalgary Influenza 8-1pm
Hairdresser @ 2pm
Gym
Lunge Costa
Go tanning

Thursday
Work @ SouthCalgary Influenza 8-12pm
Massage @ 12:10pm
School from 2-4pm
Personal Trainer @ 5pm

Friday
Lesson w/Costa @ 9am
School from 11-1230pm
Microderm @ 1pm
Ride Enrique

Saturday
Ride Costa
Festival of Crafts @ 11am
Twilight New Moon Movie @ 7pm

Sunday
Ride Enrique

The next two weeks look worse *hangs head*

Good god, its come to this. I'm almost scheduling pee-breaks into my time table just to get everything to fit. I got asked how I do this schedule on a regular basis. I go hard for 2-3 weeks, and then have a week where I totally and completely crash. No school, no work, no horses, nothing. Otherwise, poor little Kayla fries her little mind.

So here we go.

Monday;
School from 9-1pm
Riding lesson with Rico from 2-3pm
Work from 4-7pm
Gym from 7:30pm-8:30pm

Tuesday;
School from 9-3:30pm
Work from 4-7pm
Gym from 7:30-8:30pm

Wednesday;
Work from 8-4:30pm
Ride Rico and Costa from 5:30-??
Go tanning after (got to love faking and baking. For once in my life, I don't look like a corpse!)

Thursday;
Work from 8-12:30pm
School from 2-5pm
Personal trainer from 6-7pm
Go tanning after the gym (which is nice. the heat feels amazing)

Friday;
Work from 8-12:30pm
Job interview at 1:45pm (got a casual position interview so I can hopefully make some more $$$, although I'm not sure when to book it all in!)
Ride Enrique

Saturday;
Work from 8-4:30pm
Ride Costa

Sunday;
Work from 8-4:30pm


I can survive this week. I know I can :P Next week looks a lot better

I have a bitch of a schedule this upcoming week, and need to write everything down to try to stay organized (and hopefully not forget anything!)

Monday
-Work from 8-11:30am
-Gym from 11:45 - 12:45pm
-Massage at 1:15pm
-Out at the barn by about 3
-Ride Enrique
-Bring up Costa and show him the arena
-Meet equine chiropractor at 6pm
-Clean saddle

Tuesday
-School from 8-12pm
-Midterm exam at 11
-Physio appointment 12:30pm
-Gym 2pm
-Go to barn for about 3:30pm and check on Costa
-Weight Watchers meeting 5:30pm

Wednesday
-School from 8-12pm
-Likely take a nap, because by now I'm sure I'll be beat.
-Ride Enrique and start working on bridling Costa again

Thursday
-School from 8-4pm
-Gym at 4:30pm

Friday
-Work from 8-11am
-School from 12-4pm
-Midterm at 12:00pm
-Hand in law assignment
-Head down to the barn and ride

Saturday
-Scribe clinic from 9-2pm (I figure I need all the help I can get and if I know what the judges are looking for, I can ride better!)
-Ride Enrique

Sunday
-Work from 8-5pm
-Gym during the lunch hour