So the "mountain therapy" I referenced in my last post was a month ago, I cannot believe it is already July!! I hope everybody's summers are going well! Here is an update from my last post!
I went to Colorado for a week or so and enjoyed every minute! I made it up to Winding River and got to meet the new barn girls and a few of the new work campers. I got to ride the two new horses- Moses and Cowboy (Rootbeer II). We invented a new dessert- bacon smores... you can feel your cholesterol levels rise while you eat them! And Mitch is finally taller than me... who knew the kid would grow like a weed?! I water-skiied for my first time, nobody told me how sore I would be the next day! It was a great time seeing friends from all over both in the mountains and closer to the city, and as always WAY TOO SHORT!
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| Carmel Apples are the perfect snack after pedal-boating... and of course fried zucchini later :) |
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| Little Sienna is growing up slowly but surely! |
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| Katie, Kay, Sara, Amanda and I watching Jerry's favorite comedy show (we had to initiate the girls!) |
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| Mitch is growing up- yikes! |
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| Water skiing Cherry Creek Reservoir with the Deas! |
After I got back in Illinois, I started my internship on the oncology floor at Memorial Medical Center. Talk about an experience!! I have seen codes, rapid responses, deaths, patients going home, and all kinds of new things. I am happy to have the experience and am sure it will help in school next year! I typically work three eight hour shifts (3-11pm or 11am-7pm) and one twelve hour shift (11am-11pm) a week, which for most people would be plenty of work and the rest of the time saved for sleep and relaxing... well, we all know I have the horse bug, so that is not an option!
I started working/assistant training/riding at Capitol Stables in Sherman, Illinois almost three weeks ago. I can work to ride, and hopefully will start teaching some lessons soon! It is a great barn full of friendly faces and some pretty nice horses :) I am loving it, and get made fun of for smiling while mucking stalls and spending five hours at the barn before eight at the hospital... I guess it is good to be young and not need too much sleep!!
Last weekend I went to Florida to catch up with some friends from Wyoming. I fell in love with a barn out there (cheapest horse was "only" $125,000.00). Liz is barn manager there so I helped her with some chores, went to the beach, went bowling on base, had a bacon party, and just enjoyed a break! I can't wait for their wedding in October!
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| Aubrey Hill in Pace, Florida... my dream barn! | |
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| Swimming in the gulf with Ian... tropical storm Debby made the water look gross! |
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| Friends! I can't wait to live close to them again! |
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