Trust and Barn "Homes"

Lately I've realized something about trust. I've never really thought I could do much, and I've always been pretty timid. The first week I was leasing Dru I fell off him, and although I wasn't hurt, I refused to get back on him for a little bit. My first lesson back on him we stayed at the "friendly" end of the arena. Until about half way through R said we were going to trot down to the scary end. I thought she was crazy, and thought to myself, we haven't even walked down there yet, and you want me to TROT! I was not very thrilled about that. She insisted and I reluctantly grit my teeth, and we somehow got through it. R continues to challenge me and ask me things I never intend on doing, but somehow do them, and in the end it always seems to work out all right. With each new thing I begin to trust that she can see something I can not. Now looking back at my fear of trotting I think it was ridiculous, but not having someone push me to do that I would probably still be petrified of it.

I used to always want to go to Breezy. I only knew a few people at Robyn's and the people I did know didn't really ride when I did. I wasn't too crazy about Dru, and I wasn't very comfortable with him. I would go to Breezy with friends and always seemed to have a great time. The last two times I went out there I found I didn't like it, and was actually a little irritated. I think now I'm just realizing that Breezy was my barn "home".  I knew the routine, knew what to do, and knew the people. Now I would much rather go to R's. I know more people, and we mostly share the same views on riding, which makes it much easier to ride around. I have a routine, and am much more confident with Dru, he's grown on me a bit :)