If I curse myself...

I will shoot myself.

I have been dying to get back into horses. Now that the boy is essentially a teen and all I am is transportation and grade overseer, I am finding a little time for me. I have the situation with my mom down to a science as well. My wonderful hubby has been asking me why we do not look at buying a horse. I had (and still have) my reasons:

• Evacuations. I would want a horse I could go see before work and to have one that close means I would have to have a hurricane evacuation plan in place. 
• Do I REALLY have the time I think I have? That still needs to be answered in my mind. 

My aunt and uncle ride and have been riding competitively for years and I was at their house for the 4th of July. My uncle showed me the last picture of him and his horse after a horse show - I wispily told him that I miss riding and just being around horses so very much and if I could even just go to groom him and saddle him I would be thrilled. He told me that his horse hurt his neck and would not be jumping soon and I am welcome to work with him when he comes back from rehab in September. He knows that I stopped jumping when I had to have my shoulder rebuilt from a fall and that his horse has dressage training so this might be a good fit. I had started dressage and really enjoyed it. 


SHUT THE FRONT DOOR! Really? Oh my! I nearly fainted. I told him I needed a tune up and would start lessons as soon as I got back from England (got to go get the boy) which will give me 2 to 3 months to get in shape, see if I can catch up as fast as I think I can AND see if my uncle is comfortable with this little plan of ours. And you know what, even if he does not feel OK with me and his horse, then I will have 3 months under my belt and maybe will be able to pull the trigger on seeing about a lease. 


Soooooo, that is my news, I have been surfing looking for horse stuff - I am not sure my saddle will fit his horse (my mare was 15.2 hands, his is 16.3), ok so I am pretty positive it won't. Either way, I am headed in the right direction and am so happy I can't see straight. 


I am imagining hugging a horse right now - can you guess which one it is? ;)