Max Corcoran is a super hero

Motivation to do anything once I get home is hard. Most days even making dinner is the result of sitting in the kitchen staring at food for 15min while I convince myself that the effort is worth it. So starting an entry is incredibly difficult. I am finally starting my post today because I ran out of internet usage before the month was up, called verizon to discover this and got lectured by the lady that watching videos uses up a lot of data so I am now using up as much data as possible in retaliation against her. So I hope you are reading this random verizon lady.

Any way, so I’ve been a busy bee since I last posted. Recap:

-didn’t go to jersey because I tore my ACL

-did the CIC2* at Virginia and had two refusals xc because I was silly and didn’t prepare for the event properly

-came to the O’Connors

-did some intense jump lessons with Karen and even got one with Marilyn

-went to Bromont for the CCI1*

-sucky dressage but was one of 8 people to finish on my dressage score so my jumping pony is back in the game!

-Pablo (also known as Apollo or Illusion of You if you want to be fancy) is now enjoying 1 week of vacation in his luxuriously huge stall and field in the Plains

-Monday we will be traveling to North Carolina to spend a month working on training and developing our dressage and jumping with Holly Hudspeth so come fall we can be kicking butts and taking names

And I don’t know how much you keep up with eventing news but the canadian and british team lists came out and the american (‘MERICA, YEAH!) short list came out and Karen along with other people are going to England! (yaaaayyy, happy dance for Cave!)

1st random tangent)
Title explanation:
On our way to Canada we blew a trailer tire about 40 min from the border. Luckily Max was in front of us. 10 seconds after we pulled over Max was hauling a very heavy tire changing kit that David gave them over to our rig. From the time we called her to the time she got back in her truck was only 20 min. Also Max was grooming 3 horses this weekend and every single one of them looked absolutely perfect. Mandiba and Mr. Medicott even placed first in their divisions and R.F. Amber Eyes was 5th in the 2*. So kudos to Super Max and her lucky sunglasses and good luck to her and Karen in jolly ole England!

2nd random tangent)

I left the start box around 2:53pm ish for my 7 min course. This post was written at 3:30pm and if John had hurried he would have made it back to the media tent from the back coffin complex in about 8-15min. This means that this gentleman landed on the course just after I finished. crazy. 

3rd random tangent)

I got a new dressage/sj coat, pre tied stock tie and custom fly bonnet (early b-day present from my dad) while I was at Bromont from the awesome Blueberry Hill tack shop. The jacket is amazing: super light, if it gets wet it just has to be hung to dry, plus it has sparkly threads woven into the fabric so it shines all over! And the fly bonnet is in my colors (also BH’s colors) of blue and black and has two rows of crystals! Apollo definitely felt like a star when we wore it in the show jumping ring!! And BH has a website so you can order from anywhere and they'll ship stuff too you!