Today I have been to the stables as usual and everything went very well. I waited for Charlotte at the entrance so I could walk down the drive to the yard with her. I wanted a word with her AGAIN! I felt that she was being a bit off with me since last Sunday. Anyway it turned out to be something and nothing in the end. She said that a few weeks back she had offered to take me out on one of he horses but I had told her that I wasn't really interested in riding. I'd forgotten all about it because I'd dismissed the idea. Anyway Charlotte had remembered, so when Peter announced last Sunday that I was going on a horse riding date with him she felt put out by this, and I can understand why that was. She is okay about it now though, and even thanked me for helping her brother the way I have. Apparently he has been driving them all mad this past week with talk of his new found mentor.
I did make a little mistake though, but thankfully recovered the situation in time. Because I felt bad after hearing how I'd turned down Charlotte's offer to take me out for ride, without thinking I went and invited her over sometime with a view to taking me out on one of the horses. But as soon as it came out of my mouth I remembered my promise to mum so quickly added that I would have to check to see if it would be alright with mum first though. Charlotte thought it strange that she would mind, so I told her how mum is feeling a bit sensitive at the moment.
Peter arrived at three as planned and I was there to greet him as I a didn't want him to be overwhelmed by anything before we even got started. I was not worried at all by his presence, I was totally nervous about the actual horse ride though. I was worried about getting on, I was worried about what do to once I was on, and I was even more worried about staying on. Peter actually put me to shame! He was soon up on the horses back and looked completely at ease somehow, and was chattering away about things throughout the whole ride. Where as it seemed to take me a bit more huffing and puffing to get on. I put it down to the fact that I was given the bigger horse!
Why the girls clamour to ride the horses back to the field, or even at all, I will never know, some without even a saddle. I can see now why mum fell off, although to be fair to her she was thrown off. For the whole hour I clung on for dear life. There was no possibility of any kind of meaningful conversation as I was using all of my concentration just to stay on. I really felt like I was riding a jelly! I found no joy at all in the episode and will be sticking with tractors in future.
Peter enjoyed himself anyway so that was the main thing. I had a quiet word with him while they were taking the tack off the horses. He said he quite liked Elizabeth, she was the girl that was leading me round on the ride. She is actually quite pleasant although quiet. So I told him that if he came to help out next Saturday I would find him some little jobs to do with Elizabeth. I told him straight that there was to be no messing around and he was only with her to get to know her better and to be prepared for her not being interested in him.
"Just be nice to her and help her out with things when you can see she might need a hand. Don't go asking her to be your girl friend or anything like that. Get to know what she likes and be friendly and that's it."
I think he got the message, I guess we'll see. He said he would come over and seemed very keen on the idea.
I popped in to see Rob on the way home. He reckon's Norman is talking about moving house as he wants a single storey place where there are no steps so I don't know if he is still having trouble with his leg. I sure hope not, although thinking about it I haven't seen him on his bike lately. Before I left he went and got me two Leeks from the garden to take for mum.
When I got in mum was off to get dinner, we have fish and chips on a Saturday evening. I went over to her and gave her a big hug and said, "Tell me your problems mother dear as you now have a completely trouble free daughter!"
"Get away you daft devil, the day you're trouble free I'll be kicking you out of the house!" she said with a laugh.
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