One great horsey weekend after another..! (with my favorite person, who could ask for more?) :)

Friday night started off with a night of Cavalia. Tickets were expensive at $80 a pop, and I was hesitant at first, but Matt had convinced me that I *really should go* and it didn't take too much for me to change my mind. I'm glad I did - the show was absolutely amazing. Worth every single penny!! I really have nothing to say other than GO SEE IT! Even if you aren't a big horsey fan, you'll be amazed. Our seats were right next to the $300 "VIP" seats.. I had so much fun!

Saturday afternoon we went to my company picnic held at Bay Meadows Race Track. Matt was pretty amusing - he donned a Panama hat and a somewhat muted Hawaiian shirt for the occasion. He looked like he had just stepped off a cruise ship.. hot. I convinced him to go down the airslide with me and we had a pretty good time betting on the 4 races we saw.. he won $29 off a $10 bet, woohoo! I won $11 off a $5 bet.. not bad. We both came out in the hole, but I think we'll be back. The atmosphere was pretty fun down by the track and I could see spending another weekend afternoon there.

I left Matt to his own devices afterwards to go ride Isabella. It was pretty chilly and windy that afternoon.. so when I tacked her up and got on, she was moving pretty stiff. This was after a week of 'rest' to recuperate after last weekend's hoof soreness. I was worried that she wasn't moving very well on the concrete parking lot so I asked Lloyd, an old-timer cowboy who's been riding forever and a decade to watch her walk. He said she seemed a little stiff, not any big lameness.. so I should go up the trail a ways and see if she loosens up. I'm glad I took his advice.. I was going to just get off of her and give her another few days off, but once we got on the trail, she was moving out great and was eager to go. We went about 5-6 miles at a good pace on soft footing.. she was awesome despite the chilly windy prime-spooky conditions. When we got back to the barn, she was still a little tenderfooted on the parking lot.. she definitely doesn't like that footing. Hopefully her Old Mac's will arrive soon so we can start riding with those on.

I met up with Matt again later that evening and we both had a hankering for crab (mmmyummay). So we ghetto'd it up and went to Art's Crab Shack in Oakland. Talk about swanky! This place oooozed of the Ladies Man from SNL. The restaurant's atmosphere and guests were quite entertaining and highly amused us. Oh! And the crab was to die for!! Donning a bib and metal ball CRUSHERS, you dig in to a pile of crabs cooked for you with loads of garlic, butter, and mushrooms. *drool* SO FRIGGIN GOOD.

So, I'm slowly turning Matt into a horse obsessed freak like me. Actually he'll probably never get to the point I am, but he's definitely turned around from his pre-Julienne era when he was pretty much intimidated by them. He's agreed to accompany me on another endurance ride next month.. he's pretty darn awesome. :)

I think this is one of the most scattered random posts I've ever written. My grammar also sucks, but ah well! I have to give a tutorial/presentation to a bunch of people tomorrow at work which may explain why my synapses are firing randomly in my brain. Cripey.