2013 Review

The year 2013 was not one of my favorite years... Each month didn't really have anything too significant but let's see what I can make up!

2013 Review

January
Although the snow and coldness may have been keeping us from trail riding around The Ranch we actually made a lot of progress in our training through this month. I was also training my aunt's horse, Poco at the time.

February

This month changed a lot of things for me because I put my beloved ferret Wolfie to sleep. He had battled Insulinoma (pancreatic cancer) for two years and was on a strict schedule- three times a day everyday he was given medication. That kept my life on a tight leash but I loved him and didn't care otherwise. After he was put to rest I kind of fell apart and besides family Ava was the only thing that kept me together. We worked and worked and eventually cantered bareback for the very first time.

March
Although I was still grieving about Wolfie my school was hard to focus on but I got through it nonetheless. This was also the time I found out that I had to leave The Ranch and find a new place to board. My old barn manager didn't want to run the place anymore so he was going to shut it down. I was so disappointed, The Ranch was the only place I could call home in the horse-world.

April
Ava got an abscess this month and boy was that scary! When I first got the news I thought I would have to eventually put her down but those were just my crazy hormones talking. She didn't get better for a few weeks but thanks to my old barn manager we got her taken care of.

May
This was the month we left The Ranch and moved over to Sunset Ranch. In the beginning we had a hard time transitioning to the new place but it eventually became a good place to be. The horses have over an acre of their own pasture, lots of hay, and tons of open space to ride around on. At the end of May I took on lifeguard training which I didn't think would take over my summer.

June
This was the beginning of my lifeguarding job. Although the training was a blast the people I had to work with were not very responsible or friendly, they were all in the same friend group it seemed and didn't want me to be apart of it... So obviously I won't be doing lifeguarding again! I have to admit though, I loved the job and wish I could almost get a career in it I couldn't stand the people, not mature enough for that kind of job. Besides work I only headed down to the barn to say hi and give a treat.

July
Lifeguarding still took over my life and only rode a few times. On top of that school was starting soon and finally work was coming to an end. All I was thinking was, "BARN TIME!" School was and is still less stressful than lifeguarding would ever be.

August
This month was a little scary. Our whole valley was in the midst of a gigantic wildfire and we even had to evacuate the house for a night as well. I ended up not doing much with Ava either because the smoke was insanely bad- to the point where you were wearing masks. After that, school started.

September
Life kicked in and I only got in one ride. It was an amazing ride though. Otherwise I was in school and still dealing with the fires.

October
This is when I started deciding for Ava to be a trail horse/long distance horse. I could tell that she loved be out of the arena and exploring. On top of that my blog got nominated for the Sunshine Award, thank you so much! And on top of that Ava and I got second place in an online horse show for Showmanship. Things picked up after this month.

November
Although not much riding was gotten in due to school and unsuccessful planning I got some amazing news. I was accepted into the college I applied for! I will be going there next fall and of course will be taking Ava and Poco with me. This was also when I decided that I have to buy a trailer by spring.

December
This was a busy yet fun filled month. I got multiple rides in and started getting Ava back into shape, made some good money off of babysitting, and had a great holiday. I also decided to definitely start training for long distance riding, I think it will definitely suit us.

Aside from that this basically concludes my year... Not too exciting eh? But anyways I am already sure that 2014 is going to be different, very different in a good way and I can't wait to see what journey it holds for us. Happy New Year everyone!!