Sinking into my old recliner chair never felt so good as it did last night. In fact, it still feels pretty good, considering that muscles I barely knew existed seem to get sorer by the hour.

But I love it!

I had my first real riding lesson yesterday evening. It's almost surreal that one of my longtime dreams is slowly but surely becoming real.

I've definitely got a lot of learning ahead of me. When I get my legs doing the right thing, my hands do it all wrong. Shoulders back, belly forward, heels down, thumbs up. I know I've got it wrong in these pictures… but don't be too hard on me. I'm trying and hopefully next time I will do better!

By the way, this handsome boy is Jake. I love him!

My instructor had me stay at a walk and just work on focusing on where I wanted to go (without looking at the ground), and doing circles and figure eights. We also did some backing up, which, for some reason, seems so fun to me!