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Yeah, this again. Completely missed the last quarterly review, but meh it would have basically been the same as this. Before we get to the categories, some highlights: Competed for the first time in forever Went through the whole leasing debacle Spent the summer with the war horse And went to my first Dressage show with him Added another horse to my regime for all of no logical reason Almost died Went to an event for the first time and saw Boyd Martin And onto the goals: Improve my equitation: I mean, with Miss El screaming at me to bring my shoulders back all the time, I guess my equitation had to improve at some point. Continue to open hip joint and soften ankle: Yes, actually. Sitting trot got pretty good. Strengthen my right side & continue to improve balance: Also yes, but I've been having trouble lately due to not working out as often. Can't wait to see how bad it is when I ride a horse again. Exercise 5 times per week: Was

So, after going ghost post my first Dressage show, I'd like to say that big exciting things happened for me and Roman and the barn gang. But, nothing huge happened. I basically reverted back to my mindset during that one awesome spring I had with Baby where I wasn't really keen on lessons and whatnot and just wanted to have some fun. Some really good memories here Prior to going to Culpeper, Miss El pretty pointedly told me that to get the stretch on Ro, I needed to learn how to let go. Literally. Like drop the reins and just leg him into a circle. It's a pretty simple concept, but the execution is a lot less pretty. Hence the 5 we got . . . anyways, Ro had a fairly intense summer between me and Fi. Both him and Sanibel had time off from the end of the show until at least the day I moved back to school. This was the good stretch, and yet I think for all but two rides, I slapped the jump saddle and a halter on him and went. I sat in the Dressage saddle wit