good Minnie

[quietann]

We had a good ride today. It was very humid, so no one really felt like working hard, but we practiced some of the wibbly bits in the dressage tests, mostly downward transitions. Minnie was a bit jiggy at first, but showed me that she's capable of using herself well. Once again, no martingale, and almost no head tossing (and what there was may well have been caused by a horsefly.) I still would not try to jump her or ride her outside without it, but she's being a very good girl. I still need to convince her that shortening the reins does not mean "Go faster!" until I tell her to.

Came home, crashed, went and rescued madbodger from an interminable Arisia meeting for a bit, dinner out with him and some Arisia folks -- or partial dinner, because he had a flight to catch, and I took him to the airport. It seems he may be up here more often, which is a good thing :)