Five days ago my long planned trip to the Region 4
Regionals live show in South Dakota was abruptly cancelled. This was a huge disappointment as I had really been looking forward to the trip. The last four weeks have been pretty rough, and the idea of a weekend getaway filled with friends and models was incredibly appealing. I have to admit--I did
not take the cancellation very well.
And then... A couple things happened. I realised that
not going to South Dakota meant that I
could go to the High Country Live show in
Calhan, Colorado. This is an all division show--a rarity here--and it includes performance. I emailed the show holder and she still had room for me. Excellent.
But then I started in on the second thoughts. Could I afford the entry fee? If I could, would it be worth it? I don't have any new horses. My performance stuff is completely disorganized. Oh, it all seemed like a lot of work for very little payoff. I was ready to throw in the towel and be depressed all over again.
Enter Teresa, aka "
Flicksmom". She came over to drop off some tack Saturday, and we ended up having the
nicest visit. I pawed through her tack box. She pawed through mine. We talked about horses and people and tack and it was just wonderful. I'm afraid I probably talked her ear off, but ever since then I have been bubbling over with enthusiasm about both the show on Saturday and the hobby in general. I started working on my
Victrix again, and today I spent the entire day working on tack. This is all I have to show for it now...

but that's only because I mailed Sherry's tack before I took pictures. Oh, it feels so good to be working again! It's funny how these things go. I haven't wanted to work on tack for ages, and suddenly that's
all I want to do. Do you think my family would mind if I made a breastplate instead of dinner?
(Just kidding. Sort of.)