hmm.

it will be nice having another month off school. i get so lazy though. and after last night's yoga, i was ravenously hungry. we did this bendy thing where you lay on the mat, lift your feet up in the air and pin your pelvic bone to the floor, then say you bend to the left, your right leg has to touch the floor, then you do the same thing on the other side, we did this several times, then we walked our arms back while reaching our feet to the floor which results in sitting in an upright positon facing the opposite direction.

this is all wonderful for belly dancing. getting up off the floor is important. if i can stop grabbing my knees and groaning as i get up (not always, just sometimes), it will be well. the geriatric dancer, they'll call me. but no, i keep trying to do these kinds of deep squats and such to stay flexible.

today is cooler and the breeze is actively clearing out the stagnant air conditioner air, and that just makes me happy. i had gotten concerned about the farm because i hadn't heard from my girl's instructor, but i ended up phoning her yesterday, and she had arranged for a lesson for my girl today (that was the plan, i just didn't know it was actually a go). and since, early in the week i had a dream that we weren't doing saturdays, i let my girl know. perpare yourself for the eventuality.

so i asked her while i had her on the horn,

do you need us for saturday?

yes. please.

of course, no problem.

we are glad to do it. and i'm relieved to do it. it is an essential link for my girl. and since there was riding camp last week, i didn't get to go laze about the farm all day on tuesday. i was busy busy. i hope we can get back to that slower pace and find our way back to the rhythm we had established with the horses.

i am getting nickered at by them when i walk in, and the big thoroughbred uses me as a scratching post, rubbing her giant head along my body, while i scratch her itchy spots between her ears. she's a gorgeous horse. i have never seen anything so beautiful as her. she's young and strong. a bit of a handful, but so captivating.

and bucky, i stayed away from because i didn't want to get anyone angry. but i hope to see him saturday. it's been weeks since i visited him for a length of time. mostly, i just blow him a kiss from afar.

i say my girl is not ready to not go to that farm, but sometimes, i fear it is me who is not ready. i have a lot to learn yet. and hopefully, we'll have many more months and years with these horses.

peace. out.