Well... Really, this is a good thing. The barn I've worked at for 6 years as the "gopher" - weekend/part-time slave/full-time groom/etc - is having some major changes. My boss is leaving her tenancy effective Dec 1, which means I will no longer have a job there. Pushing aside that I'm "perturbed" that she didn't bother to tell me this herself, I'm quite happy that I have now been prompted in a new direction. And that I won't have to drive my decrepit car up the impossibly steep hill in the dead of winter.

But the timing is good.

I have the new p/t job stocking shelves at a bookstore - which is surprisingly enjoyable (not to mention all of the "ooh! I have to read that!" books I discover). Of course, it's seasonal, but who knows, right?

And I think part of my hesitancy to start something on my own as a trainer-ish-type (lol!), is because I spent so much time around that well-established group of people who, I guess, made me often feel like there was nothing I could offer that they'd be interested in. But I know that's not the truth. I gave my friend a lesson a couple weeks ago and I had so much fun showing her some things and teaching her to get more out of her (fantastic!) thoroughbred mare. I hope I get do it again!

I was thinking about doing video journals with training clips and share them online in a blog or something. But I need a video camera, elsewise I'll be borrowing my sister's camera a lot, lol.

No matter. Time tells all.

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My DA Portfolio. Any thoughts?