Too much of a wonderful thing, is probably still too much, isn't it? I went from riding only occasionally to riding every day. And it's wonderful! But it's also a little bit challenging what with the full time job, family obligations, and some rare sad attempts at a social life.
The riding every day thing isn't so much the juggle, it's more the amount of horses to ride each day. Two after work each day isn't so bad, but trying to fit Eros into the equation at least one of those week days, is proving a little tricky. If I head over to the boarding barn after work (after I stop home to feed of course), then I don't have time to ride my horses at home. The last few weeks I've used any rainy days to do Eros since I wouldn't do mine anyway. This week though, no rain in the forecast. Which is awesome honestly, and the horses at home need a day off at some point anyway. So I'm going over to Eros on Thursday and having a lesson.
The problem with riding Eros on the days I don't ride my horses at home, is that I was riding literally every single day. So after I get home from work during the week, I'm doing horse stuff until about 9/9:30 at night. Which is what I always have done up until last year. It works out great as I used to have plenty of time on the weekends to do chores in the house and run errands and what not.
But now that we have Eros and Fefe, and the three at home, AND it's summer which is full of other outside obligations, I'm kind of skating by doing the bare minimum on all the other aspects of life. Laundry? Ha! Good thing I have a lot of clothes. I have crap everywhere in the house, and even had dirty dishes in the sink for a few days there (gross)! And let me tell you how long all the horses' manes are!
So my confessions is that last night, on a perfectly sunny evening with temps in the high 70's and low humidity, I took the day off from riding. I spent some time in the barn doing some organizing that I had put off, and then spent some more time doing the same in the house. I even got a load of laundry done! I felt super productive. While I still didn't really accomplish enough, it was nice to at least get a few things taken care of. And I think my body appreciated the day off too.
What I think I've learned from my evening off was that it is important to step back once in awhile. As much as I'd rather ride my horses all the time, adulting still has to happen. It's an unfortunate side effect to not being a kid anymore I suppose. Lame.
good for you for taking a break tho! as much as i wish the laundry and dishes would do themselves... well it really does feel like such a relief when i can check those off the list. plus sometimes it's just plain old nice to sit around and do nothing haha.
ReplyDeleteI haven't gotten to the sitting around part yet, but one of these days it will happen! Lol!
DeleteI agree, it's the best feeling when chores are finished.
oh man. I know how you feel. I really have to be careful that I don't burn myself out on riding. Because if I let the rest of my life really pile up, it just becomes a stressy mess.
ReplyDeleteExactly! It's supposed to be the fun part!
DeleteGood for you for taking some time for yourself. I know the horse time is your "me" time, but I think it's really important to just take a break sometimes and catch up on life. Me? I'm just over here trying to hold my shit together. I still haven't ridden since the one time I rode before I came back to work.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't call it time for myself when I was cleaning the house and doing laundry... but at least I got some stuff done!
DeleteYou’re right. I folded a mountain of laundry last night while Hunter slept and I didn’t enjoy it, but it felt good to get it done.
ReplyDeleteHaving a day for you is important and I think you were the one who pointed out to me that my new barn being closed on Mondays would be totally good for me and you were right! I love my Mondays to catch up and do stuff that I don't get in from riding everyday.
ReplyDeleteLol... I do give good advice... Haha! Thanks for the reminder!
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