so ; i feel REALLY bad. i've made 2 whole posts and have barely mentioned parker. and thats really bad. cause he has my whole heart, and its a pretty much given that i wouldn't get here if it wasn't for him. so. i would like to introduce you to all hot chocolate, aka parker or romeo.
my 2003 brown gelding by chips hot chocolate out of indiana zan par. i got him as a late 2 yo, and i was only going to do the strict western pleasure. but. i made it thru one show, and i was so bored. how i thought i could go from doing EVERY class to just wp i had no idea. so. i was like 'i gotta teach him sms and hms and trail or SOMETHING!" so i went home and started it. he picked up on the HMS really really quickly. but then i had my accident, so everything got paused. for like the whole fall. so, we had a slow start. but. the next spring, things got better. i did an open show, the a/n day at TTC, and the a/n show in colfax, and things were going good. then we had the accident... which screeched our show season to a halting stop. so the next spring we were READY. we did the easter circuit, open show, tarheel triple classic, williamston show, state fair, turkey circuit, and some more that i can't remember, lol. we had an amazing year. and this year started off great. i unfortunatley had to miss the last show [it was this weekend] due to personal reasons, but the a/n show 3 weeks ago went great. we won 5 out of our 7 classes, and were youth high point (: so im most deff for this season to get rollllling. (: we show in 14-18 and Novice Youth Showmanship, Horsemanship, Halter, Trail, Walk/Jog, and Western Pleasure. He means SO much to me. i know i can always go and cry on his shoulder, and he always 'saves' me. his smell can wipe away all the drama that i've experienced, and he keeps me going foward. here is something i wrote a few months ago,
"okay. so i have this AMAZING ride on parker today, after not being ridden for over a week due to rain/crappy ground/lame issues, so i was over the moon at how amazing he was this afternoon. so i go out there tonight to put him up for the night [its been warmer, YAY, so after i feed him i let him stay out till about 10ish when i put him up for the night] so i go out there, and usually hes in front of his stall but hes out in the pasture. no biggie. so i walk out there, and hes standing there [asleep] so anyway i start talking to him [please tell me im not the only one who talks to my horse..] and then my phone starts playing "i could not ask for more/sara evans" after "home/daughtry" and i just hug him... i had a sucky 24 hours, found out some VERY sad news about one of my best friends, cried myself to sleep, had a sucky day, and so i just hug the crap outta him. and as im hugging him, i breathe him in. his sweaty, dusty, dirty smell that can always melt my troubles away. and for those few minutes, its just me and parker, and the soft music in the background. all of my troubles, and all the freaking drama that comes along with being a teenager just melts away. && suddenly im the 6 year old girl who fell in love with a horse, and never looked back. and all those times when i wondered if it was worth it, wondered whyyyyy i was doing what i was doing, wondered if i was making the right choice, it all became worth it. THIS is what i live for. this is what pushes me thru the bad rides, the bad shows, the bad days. knowing im going to have those moments when its just me and him ; against the world. and thats what keeps me going. keeps me pushing thru the crap. the drama. life. those moments, its what makes it all worth it. seeing every star in the sky, in the pasture, just a girl and her horse. and while im hearing those lyrics, "thses are the moments, i thank God that i'm alive, these are the moments, i'll remember all my life" i realize how true they are. if i didn't know in my heart that i had a horse out there who could make it all go away, i don't know what i'd do. its really what keeps me going on. the soft feeling of his muzzle on my skin, the feeling of his breath on the back of my neck as he tries to pull on my clothes. those are the moments i live for.so. i have no idea why i got so sappy and wrote all that, prolly so when i have a sucky ride next week i'll remember why i love him, haha! but anyway. hopefully it can give ya the courage to pull foward, something we can all use these days. i know i can. and now, i feel like i can take on whatever life throws me.. or at least i do now. we'll see about that in a couple days, haha. btw those 2 songs are amazing. while i was listening to "home", i realized that this WAS my home. no matter where i lived, breathing in my horse, being with him, would always be my home <3 href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2285216&op=1&view=all&subj=58733487877&aid=-1&oid=58733487877&id=589403942">
&& here is my 2008 video. the first part is horsey ; and the last part is friends. its really long, haha!
now. for what happened today. i am exausteddddd. omg. so. first off, i had to help clean up the mess where grandma's washer like exploded. loverly. then we got to haul the old one out, and help hook up and BRING the new one in, and get it up the stairs. ugh. so much for laundry being on the 2nd floor a GOOD thing! lol.
then we got to take care of rocky's paw. he's so good about it, yaaaaay!
then i laid out and finished my drawing for maygen, its about dern time! i just have to scan it now, lol.
then hannah, dylan, cody and i all rode 4-wheelers all afternoon. blake couldn't come home this weekend :( but i got to spend some time with cody, which was cool. a funny quote he said after riding with me was, " dang girl! you drive like a, like a ... guy." haha. hannah kept telling me to slow down adn chill out, she had trouble keeping up. lol. so maybe i am a little lead footed.. haha.and. hannah and i rode one 4-wheeler while cody and dylan rode another, and hannah pulled out her ipod while i was driving, and shuffle put on "love like this" by N.B. omg. it was hilarious. so we were SCREAMING the lyrics, and i know dyl and code thought we were insane, ohhhh well. theeeeen, oh em gee, low came on. we were gettttting itttt ; well as much as you can while still drive. then when *I* as driving, a freaking bumblebee ran SMACK into my cheek, and scared the living crap outta me! i screamed, slammed on the breaks, [almost made hannah and dylan run into us] and i was trying to figure out what happened. there's still a dern red mark on my cheek. niiiice one, huh? ugh.
theeeeen we got to fix my barn door. lemme tell ya. that is some kinda anger management. i hammered like a thousand nails into the door, haha. dad was like, "okay jordan that enough!" lol. and we got to fix the handle thingey. ugh. thennnnn supper, and cleaning up, and yeah.
i still smell like my banana boat tanning oil, which can only mean one thing. ITS SUMMER! haha. wooo. so so so so stoked. it was well into the 90s, as far as heat index goes. yay. it was stiffling hott. hannah's grandpa went to the store and got us all ice cream sandwiches and other ice cream stuff, it was sweetttttt. i love ice cream. lol.
i've also been watching the nc state/wake forest game, and its prettttty saweeeetttt! i kinda forgot about the WIDE OPEN throw that riley threw, that was a freaking shoe in for a touch down, ugh. and. owen spencer = butter fingers. daddy wasn't exately thrilled about being reminded about how he *almost* caught 3 amazing throws. ugh. but. i know i coudln't catch them haha so i'm not saying anything... but. roughing the kicker? he!! yeah! lol. our punter is gooood. i hate he left tho :( ugh. this game was saweet. it POURED though. i love poncho's, lol. THEEEEEEN the car battery was dead cause SOMEone *caugh* daddy *caugh* left the tailgate open all freaking day, so in the middle of the pouring rain, we have to get a jump. ugh. but. i'm reminded of how amazing our quarterback is. <3>
pretty long, eh? haha. WOLF-PACK! enjoy (:
