TODAY I DECIDED TO PLAY HOOKY FROM MY REAL JOB AND I AM SO GLAD FOR IT. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE AND MJ AND I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE. I RODE HER IN THE OUTDOOR ARENA WHICH WAS LIKE RIDING ON AN ICY BEACH , BUT IT WAS STILL AWESOME. THAN I TALKED ONE OF MY FRIENDS TO HOP ON RUSTY, WHO IS COMPLETELY GREAT, AND SHE RODE HIM AROUND AND MJ AND I FOLLOWED PRACTICING OUR STARTS AND STOPS . THAN WE VENTURED OUT ON THE ROAD WHICH IS THE ONLY SPOT I SWEAR WITHOUT ICE , AND WE RODE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND ENDED UP IN THE INDOOR ARENA READY FOR THE DISMOUNT WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN SO QUICKLY, MJ DECIDED THAT SHE DID NOT WANT ME OFF OF HER BACK, SO I BELIEVED I RODE HER FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT WHEN THE TIME CAME THE DISMOUNT WAS AS SMOOTH AS SILK AND MJ DID GREAT. HOPEFULLY TOMORROW SHE WILL REMEMBER WHAT SHE LEARNED TODAY.