Today was a hard day for no particular reason. Right now it's almost like there are too many cooks in the kitchen, and all speak French but me. There are 3 girls staying here who have become mostly responsible for the day to day chores. They do the stables and most of the feeding. I've been given the honor of chopping and restacking wood piles, which is a fine job, but after a few hours I need to do something else. Trying to help is difficult when I can't understand what they want me to do.
I'm starting to realize why people can't go abroad at brown unless they have at least 2 years of foreign language proficiency. It's kind of hard to get by. 2 of the girls are around 13, and they both seem to have to hold my hand through everything we do together. I doesn't help that they have all been here before, and have more experience with horses. I'm cutting myself some slack because I don't really know what else to do.
On top of everything else horse riding is hard. Today we had a lesson, and my horse, Eric (I know) was driving me nuts. We were each supposed to trot and gallop around the outside of the ring, but all Eric wanted to do was chill in the middle with the others. Also, pulling the reigns isn't as fool proof as you might think. I've found myself tugging on the right reign, and the horses head fully pointing right, but him running left, because that's just what he wants. I know that I'm probably giving him confusing instructions, but i sort of feel like he just doesn't want to listen.
Oh well, tomorrow's another day, and there's nothing to do but to get back on the horse, heh heh.