Mini-Vacation

 I am on vacation this week. And the timing with weather has been excellent. We have gone from sweatshirt weather to a heat warning (honestly, June, are you drunk?).  I always enjoy it when the weather turns warm because it allows me to be outside for the majority of the day. 

I do enjoy this view

Normally I take this vacation to prepare for the first dressage show of the season. However, there are still no shows so it's more of staycation. But it will still include lots of riding. I'm really enjoying my rides these days. Every ride I can feel at least a small improvement. I'm also noticing a better awareness on my part when tension starts to creep into my seat. 

Guinness always enjoys my time off. Now that it's really hot he's getting time at the lake. It's fun to watch him having so much fun. 

Guinness: I never want to leave! 

Otherwise he makes sure to supervise me. I really want to get the riding ring fence stained so it doesn't look horrid. It's hard with the heat so I do it in the morning. It will get done. Eventually. 

Guinness: It's getting hot. Let's go to the lake!

It really doesn't matter to me what I do so much as it is to be able to relax and not worry about work stuff. Ed is away and so I feel a bit like a teenager left alone with the house. Except that there won't be a party, lol. 

With the heat I have stopped throwing the ball for Guinness as much as he would like. It's hard because he will get heatstroke and I have to be careful. So the other day he took matters into his own hands. Note how he makes sure that I realize how sad he really is and how bad I should feel for my meanness. 

I even have a lesson booked for later in the week that will be fun. I may or may not have done some on-line shopping.... How do you enjoy your vacation at home? 

Carmen: you and I have different definitions of 'vacation'