Re: How to keep riding after the baby

["Becky Huffman" <tos@htcomp.net>]

Heck, - I quit my day job and still had to wait until the youngest son was
old enough to entertain himself long enough for me to do schooling (arena)
rides near the barn where I could keep an eye on him. He is turning 5 on
Saturday and will start school in September !  I sure will miss having my
little helper around during the day,  but I'm also looking forward to being
able to get more serious about my riding again, - after ten years!!!!

They both ride with me on occasion, but not at the speed and/or distance I
need for my conditioning rides.

Becky Huffman, Cleburne, Texas
Huffman's Arabians ~ The Original Series ~
http://www.htcomp.net/Huffman/

"Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from
doing something worthwhile." Sir Wilfred Grenfell (1865--1940)


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Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 6:16 PM
Subject: RC: How to keep riding after the baby


> Laurie Hilyard PFmorabs@toast.net
> Darned if I can figure out how to post a message while receiving Ridecamp
via digest, so I'll just use the guest posting.  I'm not particularly
worried about hurting my horse with endurance - I usually ride limited
distance and I find endurance more flexible in rating the horse to
conditions than CTR.  After all, I can take 6 hours to do 25 miles if I
want, and I can walk 20 of it if I feel like it.  Actually, my problem is
that after having my son 20 months ago, I've had a heck of a time finding
the time to condition.  I have volunteers for child care during the ride,
but I can't convince spouse, parents, or most importantly, baby, that I need
6 hours a week to ride.  Since I work full time, the baby especially really
doesn't want to see me leave on the weekend.  How did other working parents
solve this, or at least deal with the guilt?  How old does he have to be
before he goes with me?  Thanks!
> Laurie Hilyard  (PFmorabs@toast.net)
> & Revvy (but I like being a pasture ornament)
>
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