To Show or Not To Show

I wasn’t going to the show this weekend. Truly. The plan was to show less than last year. This year was to be for learning, for letting my budget recover, and for bonding with the home team.

Then, the day before the trailer left, I had an outstanding lesson. The kind of lesson where things go well. The kind of lesson where things go well because of how you ride. The kind of lesson that makes you think, ‘Hey, I don’t suck.’

I remembered how much I like riding Sam. I remembered how much I like showing. I remembered how much I like riding Sam at a show. I am lucky to have sufficient time and money. What exactly was keeping me from showing?

A long way of saying I am at a show today. To the surprise of no one but me.