Wow, I feel like summer is flying by.  Wednesday I had an orientation meeting for my new job.  I think I'm going to really like it and the people I will be working with!  I also was able to get the first few days off, which is great, because it means I get to help some friends move out to Nevada.  We'll take about a week driving out there, visiting various places along the way like Yellowstone, Mount Rushmore, etc.  All places I haven't been to before, so I'm very excited!

Today was a pretty lazy day, although I did ride Bingo.  She was hard to catch again, so I went and spent some time with Oliver, who liked eating Bingo's treats (and it was hard to tell, but I think he lost a shoe again? :( )  Then Bingo finally let me catch her.  We rode in the indoor today since the outdoor dressage arena was blown over.  Bingo started out really good.  She was lazy, but her trot work was nice and calm and she was super soft in the bridle and not bearing down on the reins.  So I'm thrilled with the trot work, so I give her a walk break, then trot a little more and then ask for a canter... and all hell breaks loose, lol.  I guess the relaxed attitude didn't translate to the canter work.  We worked through it a bit, but for some reason her canter work was a little worse than usual today.  We did go back and do some trot work, and it was AWESOME!  I did a lot of sitting trot and we did 10m circles and shoulder-in and leg yields and she was great!  I'd definitely say her trot work was solid 1st level today.  She was even on both sides and not leaning and I finally got nice leg yields all the way from centerline to the wall without her putting her head in the air or fussing at all.  Such a good girl! 

Next week is going to be crazy.  Cedar Point on Monday I think, then lots of errands/last minute stuff to do on Tuesday, then back home Wednesday for Kelsey's graduation, back to EL and then off to Kalamazoo so we can leave for our road trip bright and early Thursday morning.  Yikes!  I see lots of fun in my future though :)