Sun and fun at the horse show.

Since I worked until 6pm on Saturday, I could not go to church on Sat. The earliest service is at 7am on Sunday. I had to be at the horse show by 8am. I decided to go to church Sunday evening. Didn't enjoy it much as it was folk and loud and the presider talks very quickly and runs his sentences together. But at least I made it to church. I arrived at the farm a little after 8am. My first test was at 9am. The judge was more critical than last year's. I veered to the right trotting in, didn't have enough bend, my body alignment was off, the circles were too small and the horse needed to be more forward. I didn't place on this test..score of 98 out of 160. My teacher told me that I made a few glitches and to clean it up for the 2nd test. I was not going to read the comments, but one of the other riders told me that if was possible to do beter after learning what to work on. The horse ignored me while I was practicing. Scared that she wouldn't stop. Walked her in tight circles until she behaved per my instructor. The test was going along, when toward the end, I cued Hope and she veered away from the circle. I didn't understand what happened, still don't, but trotted her around and up the center with a nice halt. I did a nice recovery and placed 6th and we got a ribbon. We had energy, good halts, are a compatable team, need to work on consistency. I enjoyed watching the other riders til I found out from a work colleague that I had written the wrong date on an order. I feel terrible that we missed the delivery. I am triple checking all the information, dates, spelling, product, card message. However, I can still have difficulty with customer's perceived value of product and their vision.