Horse treats of the outside world. Peppermint fix. Saddlebreds run on peppermints. The stores sell two kinds. Round flat discs, which horses like, people like, but get sticky. OR. Orbs, which horses like, don’t melt, but taste weird. However. I have discovered that if you put sticky peppermints in the fridge, they harden up & release easily from their wrapper.
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High-point trophy for 2025 saddle seat season. Repost [Back in the Bling, ASHAA Banquet for 2025]
My current glasses are inexpensive bifocals, ordered online. They work great. Unfortunately, the computer screen is just the wrong distance, not far away, not reading distance. So I ordered a second pair of medium distance glasses. I have to switch between the two pairs to work on my desktop. And then remember to switch back when I’m done.
Stick with me, I’m going somewhere with this.
I ended up here from my previous glasses. They were a fancy, pricey pair with snazzy progressive lenses ordered IRL from a optometrist. Maybe they were okay when I got them. By the end, the correction was so bad that I had to take them off for distance viewing. They were basically very expensive readers.
This is why my current arrangement of two pairs of glasses feels like an improvement.
This is also why I have gotten in the habit of taking my glasses off when I’m not doing closeup work. I’m far-sighted, so it’s not a big deal. The new glasses offer a slight correction, but I do fine without them. Taking them off has become automatic. Heading to barn. Take off glasses.
Of course, if you take off your glasses, you have to remember where you left them. The bling from the banquet, pictured, had not been put away. So, the high-point tray sits on a shelf as a place for my glasses.
There is an inadvertent bonus effect. Every time I put my glasses down, I get a little boost, a little reminder of something I am good at.
Reality dose. My high point awards – yes, plural – did not arise out of my inherent brilliance. The rest of the academy adults compete in one division, riding OR driving, I compete in both, riding AND driving. More classes equals more points.
So, maybe the thing I am good at is showing up.
I’ll take it.
Onwards!
Katherine
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