Five weeks remaining.....

Well this morning I had the realization that including today I only have 5 rides left before I graduate.....not prepared at all. My morning started out with Red Liberty and it went MUCH better than the first ride. I was more comfortable and remembered my spurs too. My stall card design also won!!!! I was super excited. I rode 8th four all three drills so that was super exciting. I helped get the horses set up at the trailer and headed to costuming at 10. With move ups we have to refit the entire team. It felt really pointless as I'm only riding in the costumes one more time. But it's okay :) They put the senior boards up in the cafeteria too so that was super sad but exciting. Costuming finished pretty early and I ordered my Alumni jacket and senior ad.....very emotionally exhausting day, but it has to happen. Graduating is inevitable. My leaser surprised me by bringing Bo out. I broke down into tears, I was just so happy to see him. It's been almost a month. I got to take him into a tenderfoot class and climbing back into his saddle was a feeling to amazing for words. I also bought him a brand new tack set (Sparkle Angel Wings) but I haven't gotten to try it on him yet. He's walking without a limp now, but we have decided he is only going to be able to do Sunday's annual show. Walkthough went well, I was 3-7, 4-6, 4-7, and 1-1. Those were tentative annual positions. I'm absolutely fine with them but I would prefer not to ride in the same four twice. I finally got to go to Red Ropes after a few conflicts, I really need to put in some practice time before annual though, yikes. We had some people trying out for Red as well. The ride was kind of a mess. We have the maneuvers down but we really need to focus on polishing the details to make it show ready. September did really well, she was a little less jumpy but still a spazz. My stall card also won for royal! But they chose another submission for the seniors that is also super cool. After class it started to drizzle and eventually turned into an absolute downpour. Everything got soaked but we loaded the horses into the trailer to keep them dry. And with the end of this post I am down to four rides, I guess I should get started on my speech.....