Always Waitin' for the Weekend

Seems like anymore, I spend a good amount of time wishing the week would go faster. My weekdays are filled with work, laundry, cleaning, cooking, grocery shopping, football practices, dr's appointments, and soon enough, kids homework, school activities and football games. You may notice something missing.....horse stuff! The daydreaming about horse stuff is about the best I can do.
Now, don't get me wrong. I like my job...really. It's just that I would rather be outside traipsing down the trail then sitting in the office under the florescent lights. The fact that suffering through the work day inside then allows for me to enjoy the things I want to when I am not here, is very front of mind. I try not to forget that I am truly blessed with many things. It's just that is is so darn nice out today....sigh.
We have some good stuff planned for the weekend. We will be attending the Rocky Fork Hunt Club Hunter Pace on Saturday. A couple of friends of ours belong to the Hunt Club and will be going as well. We haven't decided if we will go in the moderate or slow group (the scenic cruisers!). You run in teams of 2-3 and try and get as close to the pre-set optimal time as possible. Part of the challenge is that you don't know the optimal time until you find out eh results in the end. Thinking we might try the moderate but not sure what the creek crossings may do to our time. Maybe we'll just go with the slow group this time out to be on the safe side. Whichever we choose, it should be fun.
We have tentative plans to do some training with Terry Myers in Ostrander on Sunday. Terry has trained world champion horses and still trains and conducts clinics. He has an obstacle course set up at his farm, too. He gave a clinic during the National Cowboy Day celebration at Rod's Western Palace last month. He talked alot about rider positioning and balance. I am hoping that he can give me some pointers on my seat and on our control/collection at faster gaits. (specifically the lope). Rio is coming along nicely in the trot but we fall apart some at the lope. Have I mentioned that I have almost no steering capability at the lope when I ride w/one hand? I am hoping to learn how to use my aids, including legs and seat, more effectively.
The fence we are building at home is nearly complete. Over 1000 feet of Electrobraid fencing. It is basically the whole perimeter of my back two acres...the field we never mowed. We spaced the posts 25 feet apart and also put in a 12 foot gate. This is going to make it so nice when we want to bring the horses home for a weekend. It won't solve the issue of what to do with them if a storm pops up since I don't have the $$ for a run-in yet. I guess there is always the garage if it gets too bad. There is a big tree they can stand under for shelter if need be.