Whew. It has been a heck of a *checks notes* six weeks since I last posted.
Between end-of-summer vacations, big (good) changes at my CrossFit gym, rallying my neighbors to get the BZA to deny a variance that would have allowed an extremist school to be built on the wildly dangerous road across the street from the farm (two days after the clinic, ugh), fill-in coaching 6am CrossFit for a week straight, and hosting a bigger-and-better-than-ever Kate clinic, coming into Labor Day Weekend last weekend felt like slamming to a stop at the end of a roller coaster. Especially since most of that was within the last 10 days.
But it was all worth it. The school did not get its approval and will have to be built somewhere much safer, the gym is still humming along, and the Kate clinic was absolutely epic in every sense of the word.
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| Our city's art and architecture biennial had just gotten kicked off the week before the clinic. The exhibits are so good this year! Me, Kate and Liz had a blast exploring them. |
This year, we did four days of the Kate clinic, which we very nearly but not quite filled. We also had outside overnight haul-ins for the first time, which was good for all of us. Including Disco, who was very excited by having new horses around, and that's a great thing for him to get used to.
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| STAN SIGHTING |
It was exhausting and amazing, and as always, a learning experience for me as a clinic organizer. There's no guidebook for this stuff, and Kate has been very patient with me as I learn a little more each year we do this. The weekend before the clinic, I managed to get the speakers working in the indoor for the first time since I've boarded here, which was a big improvement over the first year when Kate was losing her voice!
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| Mary doing groundwork with our little pocket rocket Nykur |
Disco did wonderfully and we both got a lot out of it, but that will have to be a story for a different post.
Phew, I'm glad your roller coaster is over! Also, the clinic weekend was so epic and SO fun.
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