30 January 2012

Today was the third time I rode Cash, and all in all I think it went better than last time, because today I managed to ride him in more of the right way, though he jumped in the air sometimes and wasn't always concentrated on me and the tasks I wanted to do with him. He's such a sweetheart though, there's no way I can be frustrated with him once I see his face!
I hope he and I are going to be a quite good equipage at the end of this school year.

It's also a week and a day until I'm up for my stable shifts again; I did it last time one of the last weeks before Christmas. This time Electra is coming to stay with me while I'm working!! I'm so happy, it's been way too long since last time I saw her.
She's coming this Sunday evening, and is getting new shoes Monday. So I'll spend some time at school on both Sunday and after school on Monday (shifts starting Tuesday) to make sure my baby's okay.

After I'm done with the shifts, there's only 3 days until we're off to London!!!!

Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United - in pics.

Just wanted to post some pictures of yesterday's win - none are mine, they're all from liverpoolfc.tv.

Kenny and Alex Ferguson shaking hands before the game.

Daniel Agger scores the first goal...

Liverpool owner John W. Henry.

Dirk Kuyt scores the 2-1 goal!

Anti-climax of the week.

Got up early (9 am) to watch the gentlemen's final of the Australian Open, which lasted for 5 hours and 45 minutes. Cheered Rafa on, of course, but Djokovic won in the end, having pushed my nerves pretty far together with Señor Nadal.

Oh, I really wanted Rafa to win, but guess I can't have Liverpool beating both Manchester teams AND Rafa winning the Australian Open in one week.

Anyway, here are some pictures of Rafa from today's match.

Matchday 28 January 2012. Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United

WHAT A WEEK!!!!


Liverpool FC vs. Manchester United
The FA Cup


Anfield, referee: Mark Halsey

Goals.
1-0 Agger (21)
1-1 Park (37)
2-1 Kuyt (88)

Bookings.
Rafael - Yellow

Liverpool XI:
Reina
Kelly - Agger - Skrtel - Enrique
Henderson - Carragher (63 - Adam) - Gerrard (72 - Bellamy) - Downing - Maxi (63 - Kuyt)
Carroll

And with this we eliminate both Manchester clubs in one week!

Matchday - Liverpool vs. Manchester United!

The fourth round of the FA cup for Liverpool is just around the corner, the game being kicked off at Anfield, 12.45 local time, which means 13.45 here.
I'm excited for this match, I think we'll win it 2-1 - hopefully more! And I hope Evra doesn't get a pleasing experience, after what he did to Luis Suárez.

I hope Liverpool play with the same XI that was used against City on Wednesday, but I doubt it - especially I doubt that Gerrard and Bellamy starts.

Breakfast.

I'm home again today, for the third day in a row. Tomorrow I'll be fit enough to go to school, I hope. I wanted to go today, because the class was going to have a show jumping lesson - which we don't have too often - but I'm not fit enough to ride, sadly.

I've decided that I will lose weight, and then take it from there as I will gain some muscle kilos too (it's not like I'm going to look like I'll look like Marit Bjørgen). Therefore, I made a very healthy breakfast:

Not Nadal, haha, but a pear, blood orange and some pineapple + a glass of lemon juice.
And yes, I'm watching the Australian Open - it's the semi final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Vamos Rafa!

Matchday: 25 January 2012. Liverpool 2(3)-2 Manchester City

This is something I'll do when it's a match; writing down the results, bookings, goals and those important things. Just to keep them somewhere to look at.

Liverpool FC vs. Manchester City

Carling Cup

Anfield, referee: Phil Dowd

Goals.

0-1 De Jong (31)

1-1 Gerrard (40 - penalty)

1-2 Dzeko (67)

2-2 Bellamy (74)

(As we won 1-0 at Etihad the result put together is 3-2)

Bookings.

Gerrard - Yellow

Kolarov - Yellow

Enrique - Yellow

Liverpool XI:

Reina

Johnson - Skrtel - Agger - Enrique

Downing - Gerrard - Adam - Henderson

Kuyt (90 - Carroll) - Bellamy (88 - Kelly)

Let me just say....

WEMBLEEEYYY!!!!! Ah, this is fucking brilliant.

New name.

I've been thinking about changing my name for quite some time now, little over a year, perhaps? Lately I've picked out the names I'd rather add to the one I currently have, and ended up with Nicki, Electra, Isis, Destinee, Jade, Willow, Danielle (which is a gorgeous name, but as I'm an atheist I don't think it would be appropriate), Ariana and Scarlet.

Now I've made my family rate the names, and the top four was Nicki, Electra, Ariana and Scarlet - I've decided to take Electra, which was the first one I wanted. Now I just have to send the form to the municipality and hope they approve!

Electra was a princess from Argos, according to Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and persuaded (and helped?) her brother, Orestes, kill Clytemnestra and Aegisthus (their uncle, and Clytemnestra's lover) in vengeance for the murder of Agamemnon (Orestes was driven to madness because of that deed).

Electra and Orestes killing Aegisthus - the woman on the right is Clytemnestra. Detail of a Greek Vase from the 5th century b.C.

According to most sources, the name means 'amber', but some say it's something like 'shining', 'bright' or 'radiant'.

But the real reason I wanted this name was because of the horse that I'm so tied to, called Electra! c:
The following picture I shot in 2006 (I think?) and is of course Electra.

At home.

I decided to stay home today. Feels better to lie under my blankets and drink tea than sitting in the cold classroom and cough all day!

Yesterday ended pretty good, in the sense of me not falling off the horse. Cash had the week-end off, so he was quite tense, and so was I since I'm sick. We finished off in a good state, Cash relaxing in gallop and allowing me to do the same.

I'm really supposed to exercise on Tuesdays, but today I'm obviously in no fit state to do so.

I talked to the owner of my favourite horse yesterday, so if it's all right with the school I'm going to have her there while I'm working my stable shifts (lasting one week).
This is Electra, a year or two back:

Pneumonia?

I got sick when I was at my place in Henning/Sparbu last week, waking up in the middle of the night and coughing. It's grown worse every day, starting with only a few "coughing attacks" a day, but now I can't even breathe evenly without having to cough every other minute.
Very tiresome, to be honest. I'm afraid it could be pneumonia; I've had it before, many years ago, but my mum and brother are suspecting they've gotten it too so I should probably check with a doctor.

I'm at school, having lunch break right now. I don't eat at school, so I'm just in the library, waiting for class to start. I'm not sure if we're riding today, as we're going to listen to a presentation at 12.00 and may not have the time to saddle up and ride.

Liverpool lost 3-1 to Bolton on Saturday, obviously, leaving me in a nightmarish kind of state - I hoped it was a very bad dream. Yesterday ManUtd won over Arsenal, too, leaving me in an even worse mood.
Real Madrid won, though, but I don't care that much about La Liga.

I'm having doubts about going to school tomorrow.

Here's a picture of Xabi Alonso, while he was playing for Liverpool:

2012.

The new year has lasted for 22 days, and I think I can say that this year is going to be loads better than 2011. Last year I just want to forget, for the most part.

School has of course started after the holidays, and we're on a new roll of PFO (specialisation project), the goal for this spring is to ride a LC program (it's dressage - I don't know what it's called in English, but it contains only walk, trot and gallop, making it pretty easy).

I'm going to ride a palomino-coloured Paint gelding, Cash; he's 9 years old this spring and a very cute horse.

London is calling the 17 January, me, my friend Fanny and our mothers going to stay there for 4 nights.

The 23 March I'm once again on my way to England, this time to Liverpool with my uncle who's a Liverpool fan, just like me. We're seeing Liverpool vs. Wigan the 24th.

16 April it's Ireland with my class, we're staying for six (?) days.

Also, my family and I are going to France or Spain later this year, sometime between August and October! Almost can't wait!

In August I'll be starting my final High School year, and prepare to apply for higher education...