Savvy Spotlight

I'm here at the Parelli center on Saturday morning so that Blue can get some food in her belly. Then I'm going to let her run in the big arena with Rein and then we're going to go check out Ocala and all the tack stores. Blue's been eating wood, so I've been told that she's lacking copper. I'm going to try and add some seaweed to her diet, so we'll see how that goes. Then later on in the afternoon I'll come back here to play with her some more. So gets so dang bored in her stall, even though it's pretty big and there's lots to look at.

Well, yesterday was a treat :) I got to try a savvy spotlight practise with 10 other people in front of the faculty that was around and the rest of the students. I was 9th on the list, so I had to wait about 30 minutes before it was my turn. In that time Blue just molested me the entire time. She played with the rope, the carrot stick, my hat, a faculty member, non stop messing with everything. But it was fine, we were just hanging out.

Then it was my turn and I was a little worried. We've been going into the round pen everyday and it has become a habit to lay down first. Sometimes it takes longer then others for her to find the right spot. So I was worried that it may take her 3 minutes, the entire song time that I had, to find a nice comfy spot. So that would have sucked. Luckily she was AWESOME! We walked in and within three seconds she was laying down :) I gave her some grain, sat on her back, and then got up to ask her to stand. Of course she looked at me like that was not near enough grain, but after a couple of secs she joined me. The rest of the savvy spotlight is on my facebook video's, and the 2nd view point is on my youtube page. It doesn't seem to want to load on facebook :(

Anyway, point of the story is, Blue is awesome. We did laying down, stick to me with walk/trot/stop/backing up, the pedestal, little bit of accidental sideways, spin to the left, spin to the right, trot to me, back by the tail, mount by neck, dismount by butt, and bow, I think that's it, all at liberty. She was awesome!!! There were only a few instances that we lost a little communication, but she caught right back on when I asked a little clearer. She was adorable :)

The rest of the day we just kinda hung out and played. It was fun :) Next week I get to ride :):):)

Then we went out with the girls and two of the guys in our class. It was hilarious. We did some line dancing, some booty dancing, and some country dancing. Oh, and I rode the bull! Which is fricking awesome fun!!! I rode it twice and then the operator made me come back and ride it backwards, hahahaha. The first time I rode it with no hands because it just seemed awkward to hold your arm in that position, but the second time I toyed with me, holding on and then releasing and seeing what I liked best. Anyway, it was super fun, and I want one for my birthday! Haha! It was fun to have that many girls out all dancing around, i'm so lucky to have such an awesome group to hang out with!

That's all for today, i'm going to let Blue stretch her legs!