October has been a crazy, crazy, month. I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel……but just barely. This month we have had a skin cancer scare with my son, I have been trying to sell a horse, I have ridden in a jumping clinic with an olympian, I have attended my 20 year class reunion, I have been fingerprinted, I have had an FBI background check, I have completed a course in first aid and CPR, I have been a chaperone on a field trip with my daughter’s class, I have been the head coach of a 10 year old soccer team, I have coached my show team at a dressage show, I have taken my eventing team cross country schooling twice, I have completed multiple projects around the farm, I have been camping at Lake Hope, I have attended the World Equestrian Games, I have been preparing my eventing team for the Octoberfest Horse Trial this coming weekend, I have practiced wrapping Wade in horse leg wraps for his mummy costume, I have purchased the sheet for Kate’s ghost costume, and I have been studying like a maniac for my ICP assessment which will happen in Lexington this Thursday. I am completely exhausted.
For 2 more days I will be studying for my assessment. On Thursday I will be turning in 2 written tests(each one is 4 typed pages long), taking 1 more written test about safety and professionalism, doing a hands on test about stable management, and teaching 3 lessons in front of assessors such as David and Karen O’Connor, Brian Sabo, or Phyllis Dawson. I will be star struck and scared out of my ever livin’ mind. But it will be over soon. On friday I will be back in Lexington for the final horse show of the season. I only hope that I pass my assessment and am in a great mood for my students!
At the end of this coming weekend I will rest. I may not even get out of bed next Monday. But there are many miles left to go before I sleep.
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