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| so. california. is. amazing.
i'm really happy here. it's so nice to be around all my family that i haven't seen in YEARS.. and i guess after spending two months basically all alone in arizona, its nice to just watch TV every night with family. you take that for granted when its something you can do all the time. i started working at Target this past Friday and so far i like it a lot. everyone is so nice, and not gonna lie i was getting bored? so its good to be busy again. i went and had a riding lesson at the equestrian center here (www.hcpec.com) and god i almost forgot how much i love to ride. its definitely not the same as riding harley, but its horses and its the best i can do now. my new trainer, Ginny Spooner (google her son.. Richard Spooner.. hes kind of a big deal lol), is really nice and i feel like i learned quite a bit in just one lesson. problem is they are pricey, $60/hour, so i'll have to wait until i work another week or two before i can start splurging on weekly lessons. so yes, Harley is on his way back to de pere to spend the next two months at Bonfire Stables with jan and skyler. if all goes as planned, when i come home in June they'll write a check and Harley will have a new home. jan is so excited about it, and its really making me feel a lot more at ease about the whole situation. My dad went out there yesterday to bring a check for the hauler and he really liked their barn and thinks harley will be happy there. aw my baby. TOBEY IS NAUGHTY! speaking of my other baby, tobey is turning into quite a terror. he's not such a sweet pup anymore! he has his moments but lately he has been rather destructive. sassy boy. so yeah, i've settled in nicely here. come visit me. we'll go to disneyland.
<33 tay | | |
| goddd my life changes so much. i'm glad i update like once a month so when people read this they are like WHOAAA WHAT THE HELL. i live in california. things just.. didnt work out in arizona. i realize my last post i made it sound like i was all set for the next year and i loved it. at that point, i was happy and i did see it being a longer situation. it quickly turned into a situation where getting through the day got harder and harder and it was just tearing me apart. i hated being around horses and i was just worn out. i was working seventy hours a week with one day off. i got myself into that situation, so i got myself out. i'm living with my aunt in huntington beach. i work at starbucks in target. i plan on moving into my own apartment in a month or so, and starting classes at orange coast community college in the fall. so where does that leave Harley? this is something i never ever thought i would have to think about, and definitely never saw it becoming a reality.. but i am 99% sure i am going to send him back to green bay and sell him. we spent days and days out here looking at barns, right here in huntington beach and in cities up to an hour away. i either pay $600 for a 12x24 pipe corral at the equestrian center here, or i pay $200 for a crap hole "pasture" an hour away. either way, harley will not be happy and i just cant do that to him. he loves being in a herd out in pasture and i know he would be just miserable in a tiny stall with 15 minute "turn out" in a small dirt paddock every day. also, i could never afford it. i want to live on my own and be "well off" (at least for someone my age) and it will just never be possible with a horse by my side. it's time i start doing something for me.. and in turn, this is doing something for harley too. between working and then school, he'll become an inconvenience and he deserves to be someones top priority. i have an amazing opportunity with someone in green bay that is interested in him and will take him on trial until i come home in june, and if she doesnt think its a good fit, she will board him for free for me until i can sell him. it just wont get better than that. it's hard to imagine my life without harley but i really feel, deep down, that this is the best thing for both of us. i'll have a final decision by early this next week.. amanda is moving out here in less than two months. i'm really excited for her.. i think it's safe to say she's gotten the raw end of the deal throughout the last four years and god i hope this works out for her. this has been her dream and i really want to see her succeed out here. i can tell that she is just made for this place. and do i even have to say how cool its going to be having her so close again? much less in a place like southern california? it goes without saying that it's going to be amaaazing. so i hope she can get out here and find a good job and just have fun for a while. i went to the beach today. i hear its snowing in green bay... ;]] anyways, so thats a taste of what i've been up to lately.. hope everyone else is doing good! <33 taylor | | |
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| oh wow xanga is weird now..
OKAY.
i live in arizona. me, tobey, and harley are here. I LOVE IT. its absolutely beautiful out here.. mountains everywhere and just ahhh pure bliss. there have been a few rough days where i'm super emotional and i cry and get homesick.. but there have definitely been more good days than bad ones. the weather is AMAZING.. it was 70 and sunny today. i've been riding in t-shirts and i LOVE IT. speaking of riding, i'm getting a lot of it done and learning a ton. i really really like debbie as a trainer/instructor and i feel like i'm really progressing. i'm getting on more horses and just improving overall. harley is doing good, too. we had a few rough spots in our early rides here, but that will happen with all the changes and whatnot. i had a really good ride on him tonight and i'm happy. he's my baby!! tobey is getting so big. he will be 4 months on monday.. crazy! i remember when he was little and 8 weeks old when we brought him home. i really don't know what i would do without him here. sure, he drives me insane sometimes but he's a huge comfort and i love having him here. it's been tough being so far away from my family, but i am not near as homesick as i thought i'd be. maybe it's the fact that i'm so tired and have so little time to think.. whatever it is, it's working out good for me. sometimes i question if i did the right thing moving out of wisconsin and doing this.. if i just really messed up and should have stayed at home and whatever. then i look around and think how LUCKY i am to have this opportunity.. and i realized i did the best thing i could have. i'm content right now. i plan to go back to school in fall of 09.. hopefully at ASU. i don't know what i'll go for yet, but thats the plan. i came out here to decide if this horse thing was a career for me, and it became clear pretty quickly that it's not. haha. too much work, too long of days, too little pay.. and i don't want my hobby to become my job. i want to keep enjoying horses.. and i want to earn enough money to do so. but anyways, like i said.. i'm content right now. i don't really know exactly what i want to do with my life, but for now.. im out of wisconsin, living on my own, earning money, and getting a lot of experience. i'm in a good place in my life..
okay well i work tomorrow (yes, sundays are my only day off) so i'm gonna go watch a movie and go to bed. i hope everyone has been doing good :]]
<33 taylor.
P.S. I GET TO SEE KRISTIN ON SUNDAY IN PHOENIX :]] | | |
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