This blog is going to be short and for all my non-horse friends out there, you probably won't understand it and it is just too difficult to explain (view my pictures and you might be able to get the idea). I just can't think what went on last week, so I am going to assume it was nothing of too much importance and skip right along to my weekend in Shrewsbury.
On Friday, I missed most of my classes so I could catch a ride up north to meet up with my brother to watch him ride (horses) and go camping! Mishap number one: I gave the woman who was lovely enough to pick me up and drive me up to the competition the wrong mobile number!! I was very embarrassed and felt so stupid. I also felt awful because the people picking me up had to wait for me and I really do try not to be late for everything!!! I think my lateness is inevitable....I blame the English weather...why not?? Then, I helped get the pony loaded and assisted however I could. Then, we drove about three hours north to Shrewsbury...I really like the name Shrewsbury...not sure why, but it sounds interesting.
After a little while, Aron arrived and we set up camp...well, we tried to set up a tent. In the end, we made a rather simple tent very hard to set up! The tent was very neat, it had two separate rooms and a common area. Then we sat around and enjoyed a relaxing Friday evening. The magnitude of the competition was intense! There were so many competitors...so much bigger than I ever imagined! There were over 30 Open teams. Not sure I mentioned this above...it was a Mounted Games competition. For those of you unfamiliar with the discipline, it is doing rely races on horseback...that's the most basic explanation I can think of. On Saturday the games began...the Open division had five heats of six or more lanes! The fairgrounds were filled with lorries and corals set up as stables. Saturday evening included a disco and some more relaxing. Sunday consisted of more games then packing up and heading home so I could have a nice long hot shower! Once I got home, I got to see how sunburn I was! My face and chest currently are as red as a tomato!! Well, at least now I have a little color :)
Today, Aron and I recovered from the long weekend and did some planning for our upcoming travels. I had my first final today! I can't believe this semester is coming to an end already...only three more finals and I am headed home, but I have three weeks of break/revision and then another three weeks of exams before I actually make the journey back across the atlantic. I leave this Sunday for my European Adventure and will be back May 9th...so no blog till then! (Well...maybe I'll write a short update this weekend depending if anything interesting happens this week!)
One last thing....I want to wish my roommate Kelsey Elizabeth Underwood a very happy 21st birthday and I am sooo sad I won't be home to help you celebrate!!!!!!!!!!!! Although, I will be laying on a beach in Spain, so maybe I won't be too sad ;)
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