I won! I won! I won!  I was so happy I actually did tear up with happiness.  I won the master class and it was a decent sized master class too.

Here is the video of that run from yesterday:

But I really want to share with you my “should have been caught on video” moments from yesterday.

Because yesterday, I really was pulling some doozies…  Heh!

When I was warming up earlier before my class had even started, I noticed that some papers had fallen out of my back pocket and was laying in the dirt of the outdoor arena.  So I whoa’d my horse — which means stopping the horse in cowgirl language for any non-riders who read this blog. 

Then, while holding a can of coke in one hand and a cell phone in another hand, I swung my leg over the saddle to dismount.  At the pivotal moment when all of my body weight was balanced in the one foot still in the stirrup– I flipping lost my balance and when FLYING backward!   I was about 3 feet or so from the arena railing and THANK GOD for the arena panels which prevented me from actually landing on my butt!

There was a huge crash and a bang from my back hitting the metal gate panels. 

My horse leaped sideways away from me!

Then she stood and looked at me quizzically like “Mom why are you falling from my back and almost landing on your ass?”

My can of Coke spilled liberally all over my hand, arm and saddle.  Fortunately, the only damage was to my pride.

This is where “lololololololololol” is COMPLETELY appropriate! Heh.  Laugh away.  I did! Heheh.

To bad THAT moment was not caught on video!

Then I ran the Masters Class and I won it!

Wow.  I have been working so hard, for so long to reach the point of winning classes.  This is my third Master’s Class WIN this month!  The race from the Master’s Class is the one I am going to post later today.

Next up was the Open 4D Race.

My race was going well.  Decent first barrel and heading to the second barrel.  My horse SMOKED around this barrel.  My butt was flying out of the saddle, she turned it so hard and quick.  My mare put her head down and turned hard, much harder than expected.

And this is the moment where my race became interesting…

When she put her head down and snaked around the second barrel– my reins flipped all to the left side.  So now, I am left with very little control while my horse is going a gazillion miles per hour…

Of course I did not panic.  Heh. 

Ehhh… I am SOOOOO lying to you, dear readers!

With my heart suddenly in my throat, I was racing to the third barrel and I just let her work.  But there was absolutely NO kicking or hustling during this race for me from this point on. 

I’m just thinking about surviving and stopping and getting OFF at the end of this run!

Okay… Everyone stop laughing!  Enough.  Your going to hurt your stomach muscles.

STOP.

No more laughing at me.

Okay.  Enough!

And, it is a DANG shame in some ways that I had my husband helping me in the alleyway for this run instead of in the bleachers video taping this run.  But in other ways– it was probably a good thing too.  For my horse is still on the muscle in the moments right after she is finished running a race.

Heh.  Now, everyone go have a wonderful day!

Beth

I am now apparently an official “hacker.”

At least that is what I believe my son and his friends are calling me now. Heh!

These teenagers all play the on line game TRIBAL WARS. I find it boring and a complete waste of time and imagination. Oh well. These are teenagers and this is their “thing” I guess.

Well, you know how computers remember passwords for your convenience? Yes, exactly. So when I sat down at the computer I decided to “check” the game out. And so now I was logged in to the game.

As parents, we are told to keep an eye on what our children are doing on the computer.  So I was just doing my job. 

And a little bit extra… Heh.

I decided to mess with my son. I change his password and email address. Then promptly forgot about it all.

Well… guess what… It wasn’t his account– it was his friend’s account. My son was apparently account sitting for a friend and I had no idea. Still have no real idea about this game. Remember, I have no clue what I am doing and no idea that this isn’t even my son’s account.

His friend accused him of messing with his account. My kid had no idea what happened. I heard him talking about a week later and confessed.

But now.. this friend of my kid is having trouble logging on and I feel so bad! So today, I’m trying to set it all right. I hope!

Oh and KARMA….

This exact same scenario happened to my kid’s account yesterday at another of his friend’s computer. Only this time –it was the friend’s 6th grade little sister who did to my son’s account exactly what I did. 

Beth

P.S…. I still have no real idea what I’m doing over there on that game.