The Beginning of the End

Well, tomorrow starts my last first day of college! Its been a hell of a road and an incredible journey and I am sad to see it end. But we must all grow up at some point. I'm ready to get on with my life, both with my husband and my career.

As of right now, O'Malley (who is completely adorable) is done with his EPM treatment and is 100% better. He is back to normal and will begin jumping again this coming Saturday. I am so lucky to have this amazing horse to compete and call mine and I'm so glad he has recovered this well. We are looking at the calendar for where we will possibly go this fall for shows, and its looking like maybe Holly Hill and/or Texas Rose. We are taking it slow for now and we will also have to wait to see if school allows me to compete.

I completed my internship with Airborne Stables, LLC about a week ago and it was an amazing experience. I began the summer as barn manager and finished up as assistant trainer :) I am please to announce that soon I will begin teaching lessons and starting another journey as a professional in the sport of 3-Day Eventing! I helped my first student this summer go from never having sat on a horse before to being able to walk, trot, canter on his own and he began jumping some small fences.

That's it for now, I better go enjoy my last free day before classes start. So until next time,

*Kick On*

Daddy Remembered, Horses' break your heart, and a New Name.

       Its been a really long time since I've blogged. To be honest, after my last post I just lost all desire to want to communicate what was going on in my life with or without my horses. Very soon after losing my faithful long time partner, Troll, I lost a huge part of the Rockin' Shamrock Team. My father was a huge part of our team and it was hard to continue on without him. I did not event through the fall, I had no desire to and the one jumper show I did was just ok. I don't know what I would have done without the backing of my incredible family, my best friends (Meaghan, Emma, Emily, Kim and a lot of other people), Ty, and of course O'Malley.
      So now fast forward to Spring/Summer '13, another changed major (graduation this time) and a wedding.
      I found my calling in life, Ag Leadership is where my heart belonged all along and I have met some incredible people/friends/new family. I am completing an internship with Airborne Stables, LLC and will graduate in December.
      O'Malley and I had one, mediocre outing this spring at Mill Creek, once again being shafted in the dressage, was having a great ride across the country when O'Malley decided that there were man (I mean horse) eating tadpoles in the water jump, and ending with a great show jumping ride. Cue the beginning of what was going to be a long summer of mysteries. After returning home, Meg noticed that O'Malley wasn't traveling right behind. His LH was twisting while he was going, however being my super hero of a horse, he once again wasn't letting me know of top of him that something was wrong, he just kept going and getting better. Then about a month ago, even though he is still very willing to compete all the Advanced level dressage movements, he could no longer hold himself uphill. *Call in back-up* I mean, Dr. Bullock and Dr. Hague. After a month of testing it was decided that O'Malley has EPM... great another one. However, this time is much different than Shorty's case and will likely have a completely different outcome. Time will tell, and I will keep you posted.
      7-6-13 is a date that I will for the rest of my life celebrate. Ty and I finally tied the knot! The day was incredible and went off without any issues and I could not be any happier.
     Hopefully, I will be able to announce soon, that my mare Swain's Song is in foal to Flagmount's Freedom :) :) :) Again, I will let y'all know as soon as I know something. So we will eventually have to come up with a name for the adorable foal (everyone cross your fingers and pray for a bay colt) :)

Until then,

*Keep Kicking*