Birthday :)

Lovely day with very unusual lazy morning in bubble bath, breakfast with Ricky, enjoying pressies from friends and family. Work in my super warm Blazewear gilet which makes it all so incredibly easier!
And now enjoying a lovely cup of super tea (pressie) and biscuits brought to me by my dear man :)
Ricky also gave me a Lucky Bamboo plant...for a whole life of luck :) Wouldn't it be good!

"Lucky Bamboo, for more than 4000 years, has been the symbol of good fortune in the Asian culture. This beautiful plant inspires art and creativity and is believed to bring luck and fortune into the home and workplace.

It is a symbol of longevity, durability and endurance due to its ability to adapt and grow in minimal and even poor light conditions yet still remain strong and resistant. This plant also has the ability to grow very rapidly, which makes it a well known symbol for prosperity as well. Placing bamboo in your workspace or home it will help bring the virtues and energies of this plant into your daily life."

Here is more info on the plant: All About Lucky Bamboo.

Here's to a year full of Luck! :)

A Big Thank You and a Small Tired Note

***SPECIAL THANK YOU***

To my amazing, wonderful riders and staff at Barnfield Riding School for fabulous birthday present! You're all the best :)
Here is what they got me: Ladies Deluxe Heated Body Warmer from BlazeWear.

It's been a very long tiring week. I actually feel exhausted and emotional and all! Majority of my time outside of work is dedicated to...work right now. I *think* I've got the main parts of Academy's plan under control but it's taking hours and hours of gathering information, writing, market searching, reading and again writing to get everything into more or less workable shape. My days finish in between 1am-2am and, for the sake of my sanity, I hope I can magically complete the work-on-paper sooner than later. I don't think I've had a day without thinking about all the ins and outs of it for a very long time. It's both very exciting and extremely draining.
On top of that there is big new worry which is the increase in the livery charges for Kingsley. The costs went up just a percent short of 100%...Some thought will have to go into organising my work and time to be able to continue having him where he is.

The coming month is set to be full up too. I'm organising workshops to test-drive Academy's Programmes with some event and dressage riders and will be making a trip to Suffolk to teach in the middle of the month.
There is the next in the series of lectures with Andrew Murphy coming up and some more training for me.