33 Miles

Okay, that's really not much, but I'm getting my fitness back pretty quickly. I had a REALLY good ride today! :D We went on an organized ride, but ended up riding alone for most of it anyway. I didn't think I'd be able to do the 45-mile ride, so we just did the 33-mile ride. I still felt pretty good at the end, so I probably could have done 45 miles, but oh well. My average speed was much better today, although I did draft off Michael a lot. ;) We took some roads neither of us had ever been on, and there was some really pretty scenery. Some of the roads were a little bone-jarring. We saw a lot of horses and ankle-biters. And pigs. And dogs kept outside in front yards with goats. Country people can be so weird.

So if I count last Saturday (which I don't, as that's 8 days ;) ), I'd have 115 or so miles for the week. Yay... starting to get back into it again! :) I'd like to go for a ride tomorrow, but Michael's taking a day off from like 10 days in a row of riding or something, so I'll be riding solo.

My tenant (weird) is moving in today, so that's cool. I'll have a little extra income coming in! Michael's going to hook me up with a friend of his who's an apartment hunter. I'm kinda looking forward to living alone-I've literally never lived alone before, so it'll be different. :) I'll have the mean kitty-chasing Jaiden for company though. Speaking of, that's going pretty well. We've been keeping the dogs and cats un-separated the past few days, and all is well so far. I just have to keep an eye on Jaiden. He tends to stick his nose somewhere without realize there could be a cat in that corner (they're both black and hard to see), so he's had his head ripped off a couple times. Poor dog... he seems to be adjusting well though. :D

I'm starting to get really antsy to ride horses again... I think as soon as I find an apartment, I'm going to look at barns. Some of them look really nice, and I've heard a lot of good things about a lot of trainers around here.