It had been over three weeks since I had actually ridden my horse so it felt really good to be back on him today.  It was nice to be out there and I had one of the other boarders to ride with.

Tucker was a little lazy and I was feeling a little off in my seat I guess because it had been so long.  It took about 20 minutes before we both relaxed into the ride.  I think I was feeling stiff and out of practice and that in turn caused him to not move very nicely.  It was pretty cool when I felt things give the right way though.  It was like we both exhaled and started to be in tune with each other and the ride after that went much smoother.  We worked on transitions, flexion and a couple patterns.  I have to be really careful when doing any of the patterns because the bore the heck out of Tucker if we are in the ring.  If I spend too long he gets to where he will not give my anything.  It does help if I work on the patterns in some place a bit more interesting like in the pasture or pretty much anywhere besides the ring.  He still bores and would rather go out and explore the fields.