I sent in my riding test video tonight! (Note the above picture is just a screenshot, or image of the video, not the actual video itself). That means within 2 months I will find out if I passed the resubmission to become a Certified Registered Therapeutic Instructor.
These past two weeks has been very stressful and frustrating with catching up on schoolwork and trying to get the video done, and then it snowing and freezing on top of it all. Ironically, the same weather that delayed the video and cancelled barn stuff also allowed me to catch up on school.
The short story is God is good and provided the right people at the right time to help me out. My stomach was in knots this morning about whether to send the video in because I thought it was too blurry, but conveniently the instructor meeting tonight was lead by the evaluator who failed me at my first riding test, and she looked at the video and said it was fine.
She also said in that meeting, “Since I have to see the Shatners next week…” which was yes, about the only Shatner you’ve probably heard of, from Star Trek, who sponsors things at that therapeutic riding barn. So does Betty White, the awesome little old lady movie star. Isn’t that crazy? Who says that.
So cross your fingers for both me and Daniel – within the next month or so I’ll hear back about certification and he’ll hear back from PhD programs!
“So come all you Asheville boys and turn up your old-time noise
And kick ’til the dust comes up from the cracks in the floor
Singing, hard times ain’t gonna rule my mind, brother
Hard times ain’t gonna rule my mind
Hard times ain’t gonna rule my mind no more”
-Gillian Welch
praying for you!