I just had an absolutely wonderful weekend. Organising a Sunday off from teaching so that I could have the whole weekend free, I headed on up to Wangaratta to catch up with mates and play. And play I did! My idea of fun is a constructive, productive weekend!
Eventually wanting my 400 acres in the wonderful town that is Wangaratta, I’m currently looking for a house to get settled there as of next year and then I hope to be in a position to get my land in two to five years after that. The weekend was a lovely one for building on dreams and feeling like I was taking many small steps closer to them.
– I looked at a half dozen houses with a friend and picked out one or two that I actually like and could afford – very exciting!
– We made an impromptu stop at a St. Vinnies and I managed to find 7 horse books I didn’t yet have and add them to my collection! (It is my dream to have a vast collection for all ages to read about all disciplines when it comes to horses. I’m up to well over 300!)
– One of my previous boss’ racehores was running in Benalla and I went to watch her race as he named her a nickname I was known as while working there. (Another goal is to take part in a horse running in a group 1 race, I’d love it if she helped that dream be realised!) She finished fourth and had a convincing run and is just starting out, so that was cool to watch.
– My friend that I stayed with gave me an impromptu present (I love it when she does that!). It was a gnome (more importantly – my first gnome). She knows of my peculiar dream to have a front garden full of the little characters. I’ve named him Neville after my boss that owns the racehorse. He’s very cute!
– I got to work on some of my story and had a horsey friend read over some. It was great for my ego to have her read through it, bursting into laughter at all the right places. I really do want to get it finished this year and published!
Rather than have one huge focus that can seem overwhelming at the best of times, it’s totally worth having many little things that are working towards something, or even many separate dreams for life and get excited by the small steps that you take toward them, one at a time. Enjoy! We only get to do it once.
“Kissed by sunlight, embraced by open fields. The horse is the center of all beautiful things.”
tag: racing, writing, horse library, horse books
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lol, it’s the gnome that’s cute isn’t it, not the boss?
I promise mum, I was referring to the gnome 😛