Journalism and Dressage Queen

I am a journalism and dressage Queen!

Okay, not really but it felt good to say it.

Last week was an insane writing week. On top of my regular internship assignments, I also helped cover the Belmont Stakes, which I loved doing. I'm a huge racing fan (well really, I'm a huge horse fan so anything horsey, I love covering) so taking on those assignments made my week. This week, it's back to the normal grind of school and my internship but with Royal Ascot starting in the morning, I think I may do some international racing coverage on the side.

Now to the riding side of things.

Vegas gets adjusted by the chiropractor this week and I'm hoping that will help the little attitude problem we've been having. While she acts more like a four-year-old under saddle since she hasn't been rode all that much, our issues over the last few weeks have been more than just baby problems so its back to the physical drawing board. If the chiro doesn't help then we'll go back and work on her teeth, but I'm really hoping the chiro does the trick. I guess we'll find out later this week.

And to my dressage queen statement from the beginning of the blog. I took my first dressage lesson today and had a blast. I'm sure I'll be super sore tomorrow and will hate life from that standpoint but I'll be back to torturing myself in two weeks at my next lesson. I've gotten kind of tired of the western riding thing so going to english is a breath of fresh air, plus I've always found dressage fascinating to watch (watch the video below to get hooked) so riding it makes it even better. Vegas hasn't been subjected to dressage yet and she's probably happy about that but she will soon enough. I'm not sure she'll know what to think after going western for the past four years. After I get the dressage down, maybe we'll try jumping!