Horse

See the horse that shows up in my profile picture, there on the right side of my blog? That's Monty. I bought him in 2007, and I paid the board bills for him until my shoulder got crushed by a horse with an attitude and I was out of work - then my parents helped me out with the monthly fee. I thought I would keep him forever, I really did, and when I put him up for sale last summer I didn't think I could do it.

He is up for sale again now and I'm ready. I want to sell him because I want to buy a new one - something that is more for me. Monty was a really amazing experience, and I am so glad that I have owned him for the last few years because we have taught each other a lot. But he isn't the kind of horse I like to ride - I want the dead quiet ones or at least one that is an uncomplicated ride. I need one that is bigger because I am too tall through the upper body to fit him properly.

So now I've come to a point where I am just absolutely desperate for someone to buy my horse, and I'm so ready to move on that I'm really considering donating him to a college riding program or something, just so that I can move on with the next part of my life. I feel like I have been stuck in the same place for awhile and it is nice to be back in school, but there has been other drama recently in the horse world involving some friends of mine - and let's just say I feel like it is a good time for a fresh start.

There's a horse I really like in Michigan. There's a horse I really, really like in Florida. They are both reasonably priced for how fancy they are, and I just know that I am going to get screwed out of being able to have either one of them because I am going to be unable to sell Monty. It's incredibly frustrating.