Good morning everyone, I hope everyone is feeling well today, we are promised a beautiful day, temperatures in the 60’s . To me that is beautiful. Rocco’s big birthday bash was scheduled for Sunday and being it is outside the threat of rain made Amanda change the date to Saturday. She was lucky everything fell in place , only two people cannot make the new date. She has an ice truck coming and about 40 kids in the afternoon , plus all the other guests. This should be interesting, but you only turn 5 once so it might as well be a good one. I of course have been running around the state for specific things, everybody works but me.
This week a former student posted a picture of a magnificent horse whose name just happens to be Ironbound. It was a beautiful animal. I happen to love horses, they are a symbol of freedom and loyalty and many other attributes. Then in the car the next day I heard the song Be my Baby by the Ronnets. This brought back such memories, you know I always associate things that somehow appear together or close to one another. When I was young the area which is now Willowbrook Mall was a stable with acres of riding areas. Every week I would be there riding a horse , I truly enjoyed that experience and they always had music playing and the song I loved to gallop to was Be my Baby, so everytime I hear it, it congers up those carefree days of youth. When they closed I rode a few other places and like everything else life got in the way with different responsibilities studies, work, time. So my career as an equestrian came to an end. The last time I rode was in college at a park in West Virginia. To my surprise years later Amanda took an interest in riding, I was thrilled to be back in a stable with its familiar smells. However she had a good seat as they say, she was a good rider, I was not as good as her, she even had the form. The instructor wanted her to compete and she wanted to . But as things happen she took a fall from the horse, this was around the time Christopher Reeves fell and it spooked her, she did not get hurt thank god but she started to be afraid to ride eventually ending her experience. But as I believe all experiences you do make an impression on your life, they make us who we are, they give knowledge and make us well rounded. The more you do the better person you become. So in a little while if his parents agree I would like to introduce Rocco to the equestrian world, it will also get me back to a stable to see those magnificent animals. And it will add to his knowledge base.
So it’s Friday and the weekend is upon us against. Don’t waste the time , look for something fun to do today and the rest of the weekend. I will be working with Amanda and that usually ends with one of us storming off. Too much alike I think, that’s the creative mind. So wish me luck and we will talk soon, Til Tomorrow!
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