Update which is long over-due :P

Okay, I know I know I know, I haven't posted in FOREVER but truth be told, all I've really been doing is my regular training (though sometimes not :P) except for our performance at Wings of Hope Equitherapy over Easter weekend. It was my most complicated and longest freestyle yet (still at the walk though b/c I hadn't been vaulting regularly enough to be ready for anything faster at that point) and it went off without a hitch! We practiced and practiced and practiced and I messed up plenty of times, including kneeing myself in the face on my dismount which was SUPER fun, but when it came time to perform, I didn't mess up once! First time that's ever happened too! Kat wasn't so lucky but she did really well, especially considering she'd been off it even longer than me AND she doesn't really train on her own like I do. Of course there was drama but for the most part, we were all getting along better than usual (with one exception who shall remain nameless), and I had a lot of fun. Our next gig is the biggest yet - we get to perform in a 45-minute slot, 3 days in a row at a huge equine expo at Will Rogers the first 3 days in June! I'm super excited but also super nervous. I'll be using my walk routine from Wings of Hope and hope to be able to do a simple trot freestyle as well. I found one on YouTube I should be able to do easily but I really want to tweek it and make it a little longer and more complex because I feel it would be almost TOO easy. Hopefully Chris's back will be better and we'll get to do our double we've had choreographed for like forever, though we've never had the opportunity to try it mounted, and I probably need to come up with another individual but idk what yet and I'll have all of two days to get these down, plus boot camp time we'll hopefully have a day or so before. Kat's got a wedding in DC so she won't be able to come to this one or we would for sure be doing a triple. Oh well, guess we'll have to save that for the end of the summer. All in all, I'm so excited to get back vaulting again. I'm nervous because I haven't been able to train with barrels, horse, or coach in a couple of weeks and I've been sort of slacking on my daily regimend, especially since our rec center classes ended for the summer but it feels like once I get back to it, I'll finally be whole again. I was born to do this, I can feel it, so when I can't, it's almost like there's a piece of me missing somewhere and I absolutely can't wait to get it back! :)