Nine Years Old

Last Friday was TC's birthday! He's NINE now, that's so crazy to me.

I was initially not going to do my normal routine of dressing him up for his birthday because it didn't seem worth the risk to go to Target or the dollar store just for the sake of dressing him up. But then Friday morning, I woke up and didn't feel good... not virus related, but I needed to go to the store, I'll just leave it like that, I feel better now.

I sat being all bad feeling and complained to the boyfriend, who said I could switch barn days and take Friday off. I then said "but it's TC's BIRTHDAY..." and then realized "... not that he knows that it's his birthday though" and he reminded me that if I had to go to the store anyway, I could get TC some birthday decorations. So that's how I ended up dressing TC up for his birthday!

I rode him in a sash that says "it's my birthday"
and I think he liked it

Target doesn't have as good of a selection as I was hoping, there were no birthday hats! I think what I picked out was fabulous though, even if TC wasn't a fan...

I think it's the best picture I've ever taken of him

I can't go on enough about this horse, he's just amazing. He's got such a great work ethic, he makes me laugh every day, he's turning into a super fun horse to ride, and he's showing me how much talent he really has in there. We're still plugging away during quarantine, with me hoping to figure out some way of beginning lessons again with my trainer, who is probably not going to be out for a clinic for a long time. We'll see if I can figure that out!