Golightly Sport Horses: Rolex 2013

Sharon & me & Bruce

Yes, I know, Rolex was an entire month ago! Where does the time go?! But some of these pictures are just too fun not to post for everyone to have a good laugh over!! This was my 3rd trip to Rolex, and my mom's 2nd. This time she came in with a battle plan. Credit card companies notified - check. Savings account money available - check. Shopping list in full detail - check. Dressage schedule carefully assessed to precisely balance the right amount of shopping and dressage - check. Cash for Funny Business drinks - lots of Funny Business - check. For several months leading up to Rolex, we had quite a debate about whether we would take the Camry, the truck, the truck with a flatbed... it even got so bad that I had to tell friends they couldn't ride with us because we did not expect to have room for them, one allotted small suitcase, AND OUR SHOPPING!!!! This is how seriously we took Rolex this year.

Rolex 2013 was especially fun because 4 wonderful friends and students came along as Rolex newbies! We tried to explain to them just how good it would be. Now they have seen the light. We finally caved and let Sharon have a spot in the truck, and she dutifully packed light and brought travel games and supplies to make Sangria. She earned her seat. Kerry flew to Kentucky to meet us Thursday night - while she missed 10 hours of good shopping, she also spared herself the trauma of 39 degree windchill during Wednesday's jog. I still think we got the better deal. And Debi and Patrick ended up with dressage seats right next to us on Thursday - not planned and not purchased together! What does that tell you about how many people actually bought Rolex Thursday dressage tickets the first week they were on sale??? And Amanda (a former student now in Tennessee - not a Rolex newbie) also met up with us on Friday. What a fun group we had!

While my mom was on a tractor shopping mission, the other girls and I entertained ourselves by pretty much playing like star struck teenagers backstage at a rock concert! And the funny thing is - I know all these "rockstars" that we spent 4 days snapping ridiculous pictures with like we'd never met any of them - and like none of them had ever yelled at me in a lesson! Yes, we enjoyed the Man of War drinks. A lot.

(Me + Man of War) + (Mom + Funny Business) = Good Times.

Mom & Mower!

Sharon with Boydo!

I have seriously considered changing my FaceBook profile picture. Boyd is one cute Aussie.

Me & Mom - Dressaging it up!

Me & Kerry posing with Phillip Dutton - there was almost a brawl to get to him when the line turned into chaos. Someone may have pushed a child or two, but we got our books signed AND a picture! Jeeeeezzzzuss.