The countdown has been going for about a month now until the day that I move out of parents house and into the world of eventing!!! I am now down to less than a week left. I have TONS of packing left to do and I have yet to finish all of my finals for school this week. I am soooo excited to be experiencing such and amazing opportunity.
Since this is my first official post to my new blog for my new journey into the world of eventing I must explain how it all started. I have been riding for my entire life, and as such it is simply a lifestyle not just a hobby, like some people seem to think. My ultimate goal is to become an Olympic gold medalist for 3-day eventing, but I know that I have a long ways to go before I get there, but I have found the next step in my journey to becoming the Olympian that I want to be! On Saturday March 12th, 2011, I will be moving out of my parents house and into the home of Karen O'Neal and her family, on O'Neal Farms, in Sisters, Oregon, where I will live as a working student for at least the next year. She is everything that I am striving to be and as such I plan to learn all that I can for the time that I am there. The best part is I get to take my horse!!! oh and its close enough that I can visit people and and people can visit me.
Obviously this is my first step in my diabolical scheme to achieve my dreams...My whole plan is to go to O'Neal farms and live, work, and learn as much as I can until the fall of 2012, at which time I will have gained Oregon residency, and will attend Oregon State University and complete a BS in Athletic Training. While at OSU I hope to be able to find a similar situation to the one I will have at O'Neal Farms so that I can continue to grow, learn and develop as a rider, while going to school to gain a degree that will hopefully get me the job I need to pay for my overly expensive lifestyle that I am for sure stuck with. By the time I am done with school and have a good job I should be ready to go on to the next level and compete, and become qualified for the Olympics. As of right now I am dreaming for the 2020 Olympics, so keep your eyes and ears out for my name on those reader boards and over those loudspeakers!!!
The purpose of this blog that I have created is to journal and record all the things that I will learn along my journey and to be able to share all of my new found knowledge with the rest of the world!:D I hope you all enjoy reading about my adventures:P
Best of luck my lover :) I must say I am rather jealous, you will do awesome! Who are you taking with you, Zena?
ReplyDeleteyup:) I am taking Zena with me:P she is going to do well, the more she gets out the more she wants more. it is rather funny watching her grow up:P
ReplyDeleteoh and you can of course come visit me!!! I will miss you:( not that I don't already...but if Casey is ever giving you a hard time;) you can come stay with me for a while:P
ReplyDeleteI plan on being there when you receive your gold medal. Grandpa G.
ReplyDeleteHow did you get involved with Karen?
ReplyDeleteI e-mailed her. I had been taking lessons form Anne Carr in Vancouver, but I had a job offer in OK that caused me to change my school schedule around so that I could finish my degree and go out as soon as my winter quarter was over...the guy that offered me the job turned out to be a phony and I was left with a quarter of classes that were all online, and a whole lot of free time that I wanted to fill. I really want to go to OSU so I decided to find an eventing barn in Oregon that I could live at and be a working student at so that I could gain residency(25K vs 8K), so I just sent out some emails to different trainers that were on USEA website and started asking, Karen decided to take me on:D I am very grateful that she has such a big heart and is willing to help me and take me under her wing:) I know that I am going to learn a LOT and I love it down there, she is AWESOME!!!
ReplyDeleteI love you, sweetie! I guess it is time for me to share you with the world, even though I want to keep you here for myself. I'm going to miss my assistant by my side. Fly & Soar with Eagles and Learn all you can!
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