But everyone else is doing it!

I think I over did it on the weekend..... scratch that.... I know I did.  I came home Sunday afternoon and had a nap, and then still went to bed at my regular time and slept all night.

After my tough lesson on Saturday I didn't think I was too bad, but I didn't have much get up and go.  I helped C with the chores, then we sat out in the sun for a bit and played with the cats. (I also managed to get a sunburn on my face, the only exposed skin on my body, thanks drugs!!)  One of the kids showed up and she rode outside, while we watched.  And then my friend that I rode with on Saturday showed up to ride even though she was sore, and C decided to ride, so I thought well if they are going to I should too.

And we had a good ride we mostly walked and jogged but used the entire ring (even the so called scarey corners weren't scarey) and we jogged around like we would if we were showing.  C's appaloosa has some passing issues and I've never ridden Lucy with more than one horse before so it was a good thing to work on.  I didn't lope, but I feel so much better about "us" after this weekend.  We can work on lopping next week :)  I only lunged Lucy about 5 minutes in total, and I took off my spurs, and both seemed to be good decisions. 

However as we were getting off the horses and my friend started walking away, she was complaining about how much she hurt, and then turned to me and said "I don't know how you do this!  Its hard enough on me and my joints are good."  I went home beating myself up because I didn't lope, but maybe I should be happy that I survived a hard lesson and still got on the next day to have a good ride. 

But some days I wish I could be like everyone else, to have a hard ride and still be able to function the next day without a nap.  And even to sit outside on a nice day and not burn!