Inaugural

Here we go.


In November of 2010, I decided I wanted to spend more of my time working with horses. Back as far as high school I was seriously considering some equine-industry career, but I settled on computer programming in the hopes of becoming a video game designer. Then the recession and associated hiring freezes happened as I was graduating from college, so I came to Maryland as a telecom programmer instead.


Since November, I've put things in order. I prepped new health insurance, talked things over with my prospective future employers at The Barn, decided I would just have to lose dental insurance, and finally on January 3^rd, 2011, I asked my employer at my Real Job if I could work for them part time. My employer was amazingly supportive of my request, and today, the 24^th of January, I'm starting my new routine.


This blog is about being an equine working student, since the last time I looked for a blog about the life of a working student I couldn't find one. I will write about my duties and the things I learn about the care, management, and training of horses. Probably I will deviate to talk about other things, but I'm hoping to mostly keep it to horses.


My goal is that someone I don't know personally will read and comment on the blog one day. I am hopeful, but have low expectations. Despite this goal, don't let the fact that I know you personally stop you from commenting! And even if you don't care about horses, if I know you personally and am likely to see you again in the next year you'd better be reading. I will quiz you.