On Sunday, I slept in until 10 something, which is crazily late for me. We had just gotten back from Chattanooga late the night before, and I guess I was tired. Most of the day, I sat in bed and read The Song of the Wanderer, by Bruce Coville, which I finished that afternoon. James went to a friend’s house that evening, where a bunch of his friends shot bottle rockets at each other. Boys. 🙄 While he was there, the rest of us ate pizza, did sparklers, and watched Indiana Jones. It was a good 4th.
On Monday, I went to horseback riding in the morning. It went really well. My teacher was so happy that she doesn’t have to teach me a bunch of beginner stuff. Me too! 😀 During the lesson, as I was getting really good at my 20-meter circles, two monstrous, green tractors came across the field at the dressage arena. The horse didn’t like them. He took off running (Yes, I was on him), but I managed to calm him down. My teacher took us into the jumping arena, where there was a taller fence and another horse, both of which should make my horse feel safer. He was fine for a little while, but as I was cantering, from the one side came the monstrous, green tractors, again, and from the other came the other horse and rider, flying at full speed over a high jump. The horse didn’t like that either. This time I was prepared, and I didn’t let him run…so he bucked. Poor thing! He was so scared. Even so, he was not able to break my record of never falling off a horse. 
 (Apparently, to ride horses for three years and not have fallen off once is a rare thing.)
Later that day, we went to Nashville Shores, which is a small water park on Percy Priest Lake.
Yesterday, I went to work for the office at my school, as a volunteer job. I just sat at a desk and answered phone calls. As there weren’t very many phone calls, I just read Dark Whispers, by Bruce Coville, most of the time. It was a good thing I forgot to bring my lunch, yesterday, because then Mom got me Quiznos. Mmmmm…. 😛 Later, we went to go buy a new wireless router to replace our 7- or 8-year-old one. The internet now officially works GREAT! We watched the second Indiana Jones last night.
Today… we shall see what happens…
Toodles,
Emily
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Thanks for the news. An interesting and adventure-filled week so far.
Cool! I’m glad you kept your record. Was it fun being bucked?
Good job staying on the horse! I got bucked off a horse once. It was not fun, but I like having it on my list of things that have happened to me 😀 How far are you in the third Bruce Coville book?
Thanks for hooking up our new wireless router! But now we can’t get our wireless printer to work! :((
What an exciting few days. I wonder what the rest of the week has in store.
Wow! That IS a busy week so far!
Micah, I wouldn’t necessarily call it fun. It was a bit scary, mostly because I didn’t know the horse. I had just met him that day. One horse I used to ride a lot was Becall, and when she bucked, it was just fine, because I knew when to expect it and how to calm her down.
I remember the first time I was bucked. I was pretty excited about it afterward. I thought, “Wow! I just got bucked by a horse, and I lived to tell about it! I even remembered to pull her head up.” 🙂
I’m glad I’ve been able to keep busy, lately.
Sounds like you’re having fun! Yeah, good job staying on the horse. I can’t say that I have never fallen off a horse.