Ever have one of those days…..

where you’d just like to hit rewind and start over……

Or maybe just stay in bed and try again the next day.

I had a day like that last week.

It seemed like I just couldn’t get my act together.

I couldn’t control my hands (too strong)

or my legs (too weak)

or sit the trot (still looking for my sitting trot, have you seen it??)

And there was some comment about people that are so bad at this sport…….

 (um excuse me, I am Bad Eventer after all)

that they should find something else to do……

And for a moment (ok, ok it was an entire afternoon)

Bad Eventer, for the first time ever…….. thought about……

quitting.

Strange I suppose that in spite of getting 4 plates in my face, all those emergency helicopter rides, and more falls than I can count………quitting never crossed my mind.

But a couple bad dressage lessons pushed me right off that cliff.

I suspect dressage has that effect on a lot of people.

I thought about all the things I could do instead……….

Here’s something I’m GOOD at.

And I spent a few hours pondering the various ways my life might be different, if I …..

you know……….

quit.

So I decided it was time to get my act together or………………..

And with my new found determination, all of a sudden everything seemed to come together.

All the things I couldn’t seem to do before, I suddenly fixed, and was told at my next outing that I looked……..

well……….

like a pro.

Even the IDEA of quitting, scared me into action…….

Bad Eventer……….still in the game.