we all fall down

this is the very first post of my very first blog. whoop whoop! basically i am a seventeen year old college student that is rehabbing her seven year old gelding from a pulled ligament. after having seven months off i am starting the adventure of riding him again with no lunging or turn out. bring it on. yesterday i had my second fall of of major since i could ride him under saddle. the first one he spooked at a wheel barrow and took off with me bareback (i know, why the hell are you riding a young rehabbing horse bareback?) but yesterday i was loping him in the indoor arena when a stupid little kid came running out of the barn screaming, ran up to the porti-pottie and slammed the door. well mr pookieman decided that that was simply the most terrifying thing in the whole entire world and took off bucking. i was fine with him bucking b/c he was running in a straight line and i knew he would eventually stop but he ended up dropping his left shoulder while changing direction, bucking at the same time. he totally launched me over his head where i flipped head over heels and landed on my back. great. i hit my head and really hurt my back but of course i had to get right back on and ride him again. after you fall you have to get right back on the horse right? so i immediantly got back on and rode him around some more and he was fine. then i had to race to work b/c i was running late and had a horrible headache the entire time. thanks to pookieman and the little brat that thought running around the corner screaming would be a great idea.