EXCITEMENT!

I just got word today that I am accepted as a working student at the Parelli Center!  I almost fell off the couch reading the email, because I was NOT expecting to get an email about it on Sunday!  So now, I have to run around and make sure I get everything together to go down there in about a month, and get my horse ready for it as well.  It means I have to find someone to do my job while I'm down there, and I probably will be down there for about 6 months, because I want to work off all my tuition, not just part of it.  I'm so excited about this, I'm practically bouncing off the walls.  I worked with Pistol using the new trailer, and things went fabulously.  It took a lot of exploring, but I finally got some licking and chewing, plus a big sigh, so we moved on to walking down the driveway to play with new things, and circling on a slope.  Of course, he did fabulous.  And I got a response from the owner of the stable where he used to be boarded, apparently he was foaled in Spring of 2006, so he is just barely 4 years old.  Plus, he's a purebred Appy, which fooled my vet, who thought he was an Appy/Quarter horse cross.  He has appaloosa characteristics like the striped hooves and mottled skin, but not the spots, and he is built like a foundation quarter horse.  Confusing!