Embarras de richesse

[jennyaxe]

Currently there are four people who want me to ride their horse once or twice per week.

One is right out of the picture, because she wants a load of money that I don't have.

One is gnapp, whose lovely horse, Skutt, is in my user picture. I've ridden him for over a year now and I like him a great deal. I enjoy being with him and he seems to like me a lot - he comes up to me as soon as I come into his field, and we generally have lovely outdoor rides.

The second is a woman who used to ride Skutt. She's now got herself a Friesian mare, a real beauty with lovely gentle eyes and a somewhat nervous nature. I'm planning on giving her a try this Sunday, and I thought it'd be great to have Skutt one weekday per week and Lemkje, the Friesian, on Sundays.

Then a close and much loved friend tells me that she needs help. Her co-rider hasn't got a car and so finds it hard to get to the stables every week - it's been more like once a month, lately. And her horse is older than Skutt and Lemkje, has had a lot more schooling, and is a lovely horse who could teach me a lot. Only, I don't want to stop riding Skutt because I love him, and Gnapp wants him both Sunday and Saturday, and I want to ride another horse on weekends, and this friend needs help on weekdays.

Gah. Difficult.

Maybe we can make a deal where I help out with the chores on the day I ride Skutt and then I can ride the other horse on Sundays. Or something.

Still, it's pretty tickling for the ego to have so many people wanting me to ride their horses. I consider myself a mediocre rider at best, but maybe they see me differently...

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

Apart from the mention of 'horses' this sounds a lot like a polyamory-related post discussing wanting to date several people with different personalities for different reasons, and having scheduling problems...

[jennyaxe.livejournal.com]

Heh. I should be so lucky!

[cdybedahl.livejournal.com]

Who's the first? Don't recognize that one.

[jennyaxe.livejournal.com]

Someone in Jegra's stable. She's got a nine years old mare and she asked me that week when you were in the Netherlands.

[rodluvan.livejournal.com]

Oh, I always be so happy when you are telling about the horses. I love your user picture of Skutt. I cannot ride at all and I cannot care for horses. But once I had a dream that I was riding on a white horse, he was like Skutt :-) Good luck with your horseback riding