I'm alive! Don't worry! I'm sorry I haven't had a riding lesson in a while because of visitation with my dad and spring break and all that crap, so yeah.

Anyway, I finally got a lesson in and I'm just glad I didn't screw up too terribly (except for the fact that I completely lost memory of how to tie a cinch 😂) I got to ride my favorite mare, Dora, again and she did very well, except for a couple moments but I mean she's a mare, what else would I expect? 😂 I'll tell you those stories later

So I got some pictures and videos, well, my Mimi did. Here are the pictures:

(And there's my instructor, Amanda, riding bareback 😂)

And I have a video I wish I could put on this chapter but Wattpad won't let me. I'll just tell you the story. When I first got on Dora, I clicked my tongue because Dora is the kind of mare that you can only tap your heels against her sides once. If you tap twice, she heads into a step pace/flat shod whatever you want to call it.

Anyway, I mounted and clicked my tongue and gave her one tap. Instead of starting at a flat walk, she went into a flat shod and I tried to slow her down by pulling on the reins, but she was being a mare and didn't stop until I really had to slow her down. She eventually stopped, but I'm glad we got it on video 😂. It sort of felt like a trot, but you can't post and it was a lot smoother.

Well I guess that's it for now, I'll have a lesson in a couple days (maybe) I'm out!