Tips for Eventers Living in Itty-Bitty Apartments in the City: Riders on the Storm
Ha-ha…You’re too late to screw up Waredaca’s fall horse trials, Sandy!
But thanks for the extra days off!
From Yvette:
Hey EN! Not sure if you’ve heard, but we’re having a wee little storm over here in the Mid-Atlantic region. While I’m grateful to have an extra day of rest after a very hectic 10 days that started in Fair Hill and ended at Waredaca, I’m certainly not used to spending THIS much time in my itty-bitty apartment. In fact, I don’t think I’ve been trapped in here this long since…Snowmaggedon 2010? But alas, while Sandy rages on outside, I’m busy waging war against the evil Drosophila melanogaster (aka fruit flies) that have decided my place is a great spot in which to shack up during the storm. Picture me running around with a can of insect spray, cackling “I’ll get you, my pretties!” Perhaps that, and not the whole horse thing is why my building-mates think I’m a weirdo…
Anywho, some of you may have been following Waredaca Novice 3-Day Event adventures (here, here, here, and here) over the weekend. I don’t have to tell any of you that getting ready for a competition takes a lot of time…there’s tack to clean, a horse to bathe and braid, courses to walk, a trailer that needs to be packed, etc., etc. And, like many adult amateurs, I’m doing much of this on my own while juggling a full-time job that is likely non-horsey. What this means is that I end up having some long nights followed by very early mornings. And you know what? I’m never late for a horse thing.
Work, however, is a completely different animal. I may wake up an hour and a half before I need to leave for the office, yet I somehow always manage to be running late. So I’ve come up with the following solution…
Tip for Eventers Living in Itty-Bitty Apartments in the City #13:
While it always seems as though I’m running late for a 9 am start at the office, I readily possess the ability to wake up on time to drive 35 miles from DC to the barn and start braiding manes promptly at 4 am for an event. Therefore, on days where I must be in the office at some “ridiculous hour” (for me, that would be 8 am), I just pretend I need to get in early to braid manes. Just don’t actually start braiding your coworkers’ hair, because that would be weird. And possibly grounds for complaints to HR.
