October 8th... the first day of my extended vacation. Last week, my boss and I were working out the schedule for planned vacations. He has one planned for July and wanted to know if I was going to take any time off this summer. While I wasn't planning on taking time off in the coming months, I got to looking at the calendar and decided that a few weeks before the Breeders' Cup (and the week after the final round of preps) was the ideal time to take an extended break.
Of course, that got my wheels turning. I've been looking for the perfect time to bring at least one of my horses here and this is it. I was planning on the trip this summer but due to my hand injury, I still can't do any real work with horses but by October, I should be well on the way to recovery and five or so months out on my last surgery (knock on wood). While I've been pushed by some to wait until next Spring to do the road trip, after experiencing this year's Triple Crown trail rush, that won't work in my work schedule nor do I want to deal with the unstable weather at that point. And frankly, if I don't get Vegas here soon, I will go nuts. I'm already having horse withdrawals, it can only get worse.
But October is quite a few days (and weeks and months) away so while I wait, I exercise. I posted last week about my "mental block" and getting over that lump. I've been to the gym quite a bit over the last week and have even started exercising twice a day some days (tomorrow morning I plan to start my first super early morning and night workouts). I figure that even though I can't get my horse in shape until she gets here, I can get myself in shape, which will help all of us. Plus, I'm still planning on running a 5k this year so it's double incentive.
I've learned in the past few months that all this planning can be for naught if something happens so for now I have my fingers crossed that now that I've hit the seven week (today) mark on my last surgery, I am good to go.
As always...
Until next time,
Mel
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