Yep, I said it. I'm rapidly approaching my (hopefully) last year of my bachelors (where is summer going so quickly?) and its about time to really look at graduate schools. You know how high school kids get so excited to pick colleges? Let me tell you, it's not the same for grad schools. I've been looking near and far (England far) and while I've found ones that I really like, it's one of those "Oh my gosh, I think I'm going to die" moments whenever I really consider it. I'm giving myself until mid-July to put a list together. One of the big questions about that is; do I want to leave the country? I guess we'll have to wait and see.
On the other front, my "don't think about grad school" time is riding time. Before this summer, I hadn't really rode since March of 2010 and I was hurt then so I didn't ride the best. I have a REALLY nice six year old sitting in my pasture that needs time put on her and she hadn't really gotten the attention that she needed since the last few years I've been really busy and have put her on the back burner most of the time. But when I did get around to riding her, it was always focusing on barrels. Barrels this, barrels that and not the foundation that she needed to be a well rounded horse.
Well since I'm in the middle of "musical disciplines" mode (do I want to do barrels anymore? maybe I should try jumping or dressage, etc), I'm focusing on make her well rounded and getting those fundamentals that I ignored on the way to the barrel pen. Don't get me wrong, she's well broke and can do a lot of stuff but she's more at the 4yo level than the 6yo level. She can do almost everything you ask (rollbacks are a bit hard still but we're getting there), she just hasn't mastered most of it. So this is the summer of focusing on making an all around, well broke horse. Just another thing to add to my already busy summer but at least it is a fun part!
School, internship, horse, grad school... are we sure its summer time?
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