Smartie Lesson

Okay, I need to be quick as I'm using up precious broadband here. So, hi everyone! Hope you're all well :)
I had another lesson on Smarts on Sunday. I couldn't work the whole day because my Mum has banned me as I need to study for GCSEs.
Boooo.
So anyway, this lesson was in the rain. And poor Wiola was sitting in the shed under a rain sheet whilst we galivanted around merrily on Smarts, Tess and Sienna. On the whole, I feel like I improved a bit - I feel like I'm not leaning back as much and horses no longer take advantage of me... I think. Smartie was very forward going and was happy to splash through the humongous puddles that flooded the outside and inside tracks. Tess, however, was a little too forward going (not anyone's fault! It's just her :)) so I kept doing corner cut offs and such. Then we did only about 2 minutes of jumping position and my legs started cramping up! I'm really out of practice :( But then, I held my legs slightly straighter without gripping the saddle so much with me knees and it suddenly became a lot easier. I wasn't pushing myself out of the saddle, more balancing on top of it. It just made much more sense. And it was much easier to hold my position there too. And then, we did about 5 mins of sitting trot, in which I also need much more practise. When I go to Wellington, I often just sit for the whole of hacks if we trot, or a Dressage teacher will make us do 10 minutes of sitting before he lets us canter. Of course, I was always on a very bouncy, pointy horse who was hell to bounce along on, so I learnt soon enough how to sit properly. I think now it takes me about 5 minutes to get back into it. It's funny how I can lose the ability after only 6 months. I guess it's because I never do jumping in the winter :)
See ya'll later :)
TLCx