Awareness of the outside world. @_.andrepaz._ April 22, 2020 (Instagram). World map with continents represented by animals, by Andrea Paz González Dettleff. Hat tip to A.
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Wait? What? A horse show? A saddle seat horse show? [Fun In The Sun, Show Report SSF Summer 2023]
Yes.
Am I still over Academy? [Second Show, Same As The First, Show Report, Heathermoor Farm Summer Show 2022]
Yes.
Am I still tired of beginner horses? [That Noise Is Me Stomping My Feet]
Yes.
Have I found anything to replace them?
No. Back I go.
Instead of riding for its own sake, did I take a lesson with Optimus specifically for the show?
Yes.
Am I looking for two local shows in order to scramble onto the bottom of the points ladder of the Adult Academy division so that I have somewhere amusing to go in the depths of January? [Dinner and Ribbons, ASHAA Banquet for the 2022 Show Year]
Possibly.
Am I using the driving class to chase points for more exciting year-end fluffies?
Also possibly.
Conversely, am I using the excuse of year-end points & and a banquet in January as motivation?
Definitely. When one’s lifestyle is only slightly more active than two geriatric Bassets, it really is time to get off the couch.
Is it helping get self through August? [Here Comes That Month, State of the Now]
Yes.
Would I rather be so busy preparing for the American Eventing Championships that I don’t have time?
600% yes. Or, in an ideal world, both.
Is Skittles helping with clean-up for the show?
Of course!
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
Go Skittles!
Go August!
Go you!
What she said, 🙂
🙂