Sucking Spaghetti
An unusual title, but it gets worse: the aforementioned pasta is not to be ingested through one’s mouth!
Before I tell what I should do with it, I should clarify that the said spaghetti is actually only imaginary, but even so! I'm to think of sucking it through my derrière - STOP CLENCHING YOUR CHEEKS I was immediately told - I ask you, wouldn't you, if someone made that suggestion to you?
Obviously this was the warm up for our new yard Pilates class and the spaghetti sucking? The latest way to explain how to engage your core! The things we have to do for our sport! With some lovely horses to ride this year and more of my time taken by coaching, I thought I should make more effort to have myself in the best possible shape - a weekly game of squash makes me ache like you wouldn't believe, then the Pilates should give me some coordination back... in reality, squash with good friends is teaching me to lose graciously and the Pilates is entertaining - at least it proves I'm not a quitter!
The yard is now very full and as multi-national as ever. Astier (Nicolas) is back from his winter's break in his native France, our new handyman is Dutch and with the new horses from Australia and America we have quite a range.
This week is our son Henry's first birthday - that seems to have flown by but he really has seen the world - the amount of stamps he has got in his passport should keep him going for a while.
I loved my trips to the Southern Hemisphere and everyone made us feel so welcome, now hopefully we can get going and have a good season in this part of the world and maybe one day we can visit again.....
No, we didn't get put in jail in Puhinui - Henry was making friends in the press office (who need to be kept behind bars for some reason!)
