I have had two firsts this weekend.

Number 1. I have been riding horses for about a year now. I took lessons and learned a lot on my own too. I have accomplished so much and I am finally where I constantly want to go out and ride. I was having a hard time with giving up things because I want to live my old life too. When my mom was younger and rode horses she used to barrel race so when we bought horses her intentions were to get back into racing and teach us how to also. My brother is the type of person that when he does something for the first time he doesn’t need lessons or taught how to, he just gets on and goes. As soon as we bought him a horse, actually the very same day he was out on him ready to race. We hadn’t even had the horse for 24 hours and my brother was already to go. I have been given the opportunity every time we were at riding clubs to ride in the games. Unlike my brother I want to be taught how to do something before I go out and show everyone I know how to do it. I like it to look like I have known how to do it for a while, so every time I was given the opportunity to race I turned it down because I wanted to take lessons first. I was with the family and the lady that taught me how to ride all day yesterday and on Saturdays they go out to their local riding club and barrel race. They took a horse out to the riding club for me to ride around and I didn’t intend on riding in the games especially because I had not been taught how yet. I knew how to do to of the games because I had done them at our friends house but never correctly. Well leave up to Mrs. Sandy and her family to talk me into doing the games. I was so nervous the whole time but I am SO glad that I did it and got my first time over with and in front of a lot of people too. My mom was not too happy that I did it without her but I would have been too nervous to do it with her around watching me anyways. I did the games anyways and I know I didn’t do them that great but the point is I did them. The first one which is called the poles I did in a 50 seconds the second one, the clover leaf I did it in 46 seconds, third texas barrel weave I did in 25 seconds and the arena race I did in 20 seconds. It’s not the best compared to some of the other people that do it in about half those times but it meant something to me especially because my stirrups were too long and could not be shortened and it was my first time and I didn’t fall off.

Number 2. I have been driving about four years now. I have not gotten pulled over once or gotten a ticket. I have been in an accident but that was because someone hit me while I was stopped, not my fault. I do drive a little fast, but I have gotten better since I have been driving for so long I am not really in any hurry. Today I was going to Keystone and all the roads on the way out there once you get out of Middleburg the speed limit is 55/60 and even if it is a little lower if you go any slower people are stacking up behind you or passing you. I was going down 315C and towards the end of the road there is a school zone and when you hit that school zone even if there is no school the speed limit goes from 60 to 45, when it is a school day it is 20. Since the school is at the end of the road anyways you are starting to slow down but you don’t really think about slowing until you get to the end. Well I was going 60 in a 45 and I got pulled over. I actually thought it was because I didn’t completely stop at the stop sign before I turned but it was actually my speed limit. After I get pulled over I am nervous because I don’t want the cop to be a jerk the way some are especially it being my first time. Well surprisingly I am really just nervous I didn’t cry or cry to the officer and try to cry my way out of the ticket but instead I signed up and drove away. I did get teary eyed as I left because I was so mad that all the times I have drove through there I have never gotten pulled over and all the times I would go 70 I would never get pulled over. I was also mad because I have been driving for four years with a perfect record and all the times people doubted me and thought I was a bad driver or I was going to get into an accident because I am a teenager, I never did. I was hoping to make it out of my teens before I got a ticket which is only about 8 more months but it came sooner than I hoped. I hate when someone sees someone driving a certain way and they say its because they are a teenager. I beg to differ. There is a difference. There are bad drivers and good drivers and I don’t see every adult driving perfectly either and that’s what I hate the most about getting the ticket is people will say it’s because I am a teenager.