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Re: RC: pre ride jittttttterrrrsss



Carla; Two things that have really helped me banish pre-ride jitters (except at Tevis and that's another  nauseating story).  #1. You are not nervous, you are excited! "Oh boy it's almost Christmas! Oh boy it's almost my ride! I am so happy and I am so excited because I get to go on a trail ride for a really long time with a  lot of my friends on a really nice horse! Oh Boy lucky me".   Repeat that in your brain many times.   #2.  You won't win, so don't worry about the competition.  "Oh boy, I get to ride with really fast and excellent riders and later will see them win an award. Maybe I will learn some of their techniques! Maybe I will enjoy watching them go, and then I shall have a very fun long trail ride with my friends!  I have nothing to worry about, because I am not a contender!"  (Warning, number 2 sometimes cause's you to win inadvertantly.)     Keep these calming happy thoughts in your head, and it should really help. Then have a bread sandwich and some Instant coffee (wasn't that made for endurance anyway? What's up with all this percolator stuff?)      Beth Glover

>From: guest@endurance.net
>To:
>Subject: RC: pre ride jittttttterrrrsss
>Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:53:28 -0700
>
>carla lawson robandcarla@hotmail.com
>2 years 6 months since my last ride.. I have pre ride jitters and I have a
>little under two weeks to go..any tips?? while I refill my mylanta IV? I
>have no fingernails, all ink pens and pencils have been removed and hidden
>by hubby and I can't sleep.. did I mention I am a very nervous person? I
>rode today and Actually broke into tears because I was thinking about
>previous horses that should be here doing this...Mean while my horse was
>an absolute angel...spooked one time.. I think it was the pay attention
>spook. Fall Foilage is beautiful here in KY by the way! can't eat... that
>is a new one!!gasp....can't breathe... a few days away.. millions of
>things in the head spinning around.. HELLLP!!Angies bread sandwiches don't
>even sound good anymore!
>Carla (gasp is that a fly bite or a case of unknown illness?)
>Ansata (I quit spooking and she is a pile of nerves)
>Haley ( hey dad watch this "BOO MOM!")
>Rob (will you quit cribbing the desK!!!!)
>
>
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