Sunday 29th April - surf lesson

Friday i had the afternoon off work so i couldn't wait to finish and get over to see Angie. I went and bought her a new saddle...Ellen very kindly let me take the saddle she has leant me to the shop to find one the same size. The women in the shop were very helpful and i managed to find the perfect saddle...thank you to mum and dad for the money for my birthday to allow me to buy the saddle. She looks lovely with it on! By the time i got back to the stables, caught angie, groomed her and tacked her up ready for the ride, it was getting dark. It gets dark here at 5.30 and is pitch black by 6! She went very well for me in the round arena. she earnt her feed!

Gaz had spent the day playing on the computer which went well. We couldn't be bothered to cook so we ventured to Diggers for a pizza. yummy.

Yesterday i had work in the morning which went very smoothly. Ive had feedback from the manager of the practice saying i am doing extremely well and that my books being full so early on is a reflection of me as a dentist. She said its a small town and people talk so word is getting around about me. Its nice to have some positive feedback!

After work i went up to see Angie and she was a little restless when tied up whilst was trying to groom her but yet again, she performed well for me. She had a 3 second panic when the lawnmower started in the field next to her but after that, she was fine. By the time i got home, gaz was cooking up some more curry bases to use for future curries. It smelt amazing! Jack the next door neighbour came round with some cookies he had baked for us...so very kind! they taste lovely.

Today I was up at 6am to see Angie. I gave her an early schooling session in the large arena but i was lucky because the sun was shining, albeit a little chilly. Angie has moved fields now into a 3acre paddock down the bottom of the stables. she can still see the other horses so she isn't alone. Ellen is 'slashing' her field to help the grass grow better so Angie can return in a week or two.

When i got home around 9.30am Gaz and i went to our first surfing lesson. It was awesome! There were only 3 of us int he class and the one guy had been the day before so he was pretty much off on his own any way. The instructor was your typical surf dude....tall, athletically slim build and very good looking (those were gaz's words, not mine). And he was really easy going and a great instructor. Both Gaz andy were standing on the boards after a few attempts. I think the snow boarding i have done really helped as i was finding i was even starting to direct where i wanted to go. Same principle as snow boarding. It was tiring work and we were both shattered afterwards! The weather too a turn for the worse during our lesson and the rain came lashing down and the wind really picked up. By the end of the lesson we were the only people in the water! We enjoyed it so much we are going to arrange for another lesson some time...i think ill need a few days to recover as my legs are starting to ache already!

Gaz and i have been invited over Wyatts house at 6 tonight. Wyatt is the other dentist at pacific smiles so it will be good to meet his fiancee and have a chat and some dinner!

Day off tomorrow so gaz and i are going to take the kayak out in the morning before i have a lesson on angie in the afternoon. Will try and get some photos of gaz on the kayak!