I love trail riding, we have some good national parks around here with some trails.
I was all set to go to a three-day-event clinic Wednesday through Friday, with a competition down at Callaway Gardens on Sat and Sun, when I turned up Monday with an abscess in a rather embarassing place - never had such a thing before, my doctor has no idea how I got it, but boy did it hurt when I sat in a saddle! Even after he drained it and irrigated it (ouch!) and filled me full of antibiotics, I sure didn't feel much like riding. I rode for an hour Wednesday and that was about all I could stand, so five straight days of riding for five hours plus sounded like a really bad idea . . . so I backed out. Which was just as well because (1) I was going to have to borrow a shock vest for the cross country phase, and (2) we had eight horses going and only room on the trailer for seven!
So I cleaned all my tack, polished my boots, repaired the garden cart and shoveled about an acre of dirt and gravel that needed to be moved . . . . but didn't sit down much. :-D
I'm sorry you've been feeling bad. That sounds awful. Hope you get well soon.
Becky
Actually.... AAM.... I went through what you are talking about (I think) last year.... condolences!
Oh, BTW, whats a shock vest?
Becky