I want to start this blog off by personally thanking the people who have donated to my blogging endeavor. It not only means a lot that you take the time to read my weekly updates but that you generously donated to my once a week coffee outing. It is greatly appreciated.
I've got some great exciting news to share with you about my progress in the jockey school. I have graduated from small arena to the big pasture. Actually I did not graduate. As my previous English instructor and my high school friend "Valedictorian" said: "We use the term graduate in the wrong tense. We do not graduate, but it is the institution that graduates us." So, I did not graduate from the arena but NARA /Chris McCarron graduated me from from the arena. I thoroughly enjoy being in a bigger space where I can let the horses gallop out and have the ride of my life. There is nothing that can describe the feeling of being one with the horse and flying across the open field on a crisp calm morning. On to other news. A fellow jockey classmate and I have decided to embark on a 30 day vegan diet. After reading a book by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin, I was utterly grossed out by their disgusting description of eggs and their research about steroids that are in meat as well as all the awful things that happen to meat after it is butchered. I'm not choosing to become a vegan because of the cruelty done to the animals, but more because of health. I want to see if I feel healthier and If I would lose a few more pounds so I can attain the apprentice jockey weight requirement. I'm not planning to stay a vegan. But, who knows, I may turn into a vegan, perhaps a vegetarian, or even a pescaterian. But then again, I might just go back to my carnivorous eating habits. In my next blog, I'll talk more about what I've been eating on my diet. I should mention that we have decided to take a one day break from our vegan diet during November. With Thanksgiving coming up, I couldn't possibly give up the turkey, pie, mashed potatoes etc. I've been waiting all year for that:)
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