Where have the days gone?

I just realized I haven't posted a blog since Wednesday and this is Saturday. Where have the days gone? Thursday was catching up in the office. Friday was spending the day working on my book and a ride on Al in the afternoon. Andy stands at the gate these days and looks on. He isn't so much interested in being ridden as he is in getting a treat when I bring Al back to the field.

Today and tomorrow I am teaching at Morven Park Equestrian Center in Leesburg, VA. I brought Al up there this morning so he can have a change of scenery. We went for a ride around the property and a little in bit in the arena. He is doing a sleep over with his friends and then I will bring him home on Sunday. It is so nice to be able to ride in the indoor arena there, a huge space and flat ground!

Brad and I are frantically organizing for Africa. Shoe laces, seeds, getting 1/2 chaps fixed, checking out cameras and making sure we have enough SD cards..... All the little items vital to the trip. Brad drove in to DC to get his visa yesterday. Parked on a side street, walked in, handed them the paperwork and left. So smooth. Why couldn't it have been like that for me?

I did get my passport back so that's good.

Izzy is happy to have me home tonight in time for evening snuggles. I am trying to break the news to her that I will be gone for a month. She is not listening....