Road Trip

Blogging from the road today! We have been driving three hours now in the pouring rain, on our way to trade horse trailers. Ours will hold three, and invariably when it comes time to go somewhere we want to take four horses. So we found someone willing to trade. The one we're getting isn't new, far from it. There has been a time in my life when I would have looked at it, with its dated graphics and wrinkled fender and said, "Um, no thanks" even if it meant I got to take more horses to the barrel race (which in this case, it does.) Now that am older and somewhat wiser, that time has passed.
We used to be active participants in the parking lot contest. We had a relatively new truck and a sparkling new Platinum Coach horse trailer at one point. Guess what that helped me win? Yep, you guessed it! Not a darn thing. Last time I checked, they don't give out checks for the coolest rig at the barrel race.
Now don't get me wrong, I like to look good. Who doesn't? But I am past the point of wanting to look cool at all costs. I guess I'm a couple of steps removed from a "Don't laugh, it's paid for" bumper sticker, but that's not far off. I am definitely at the point that I'd rather have a less cool rig that doesn't have a big old payment! Guess I really am getting old. Sigh.
We are now exactly one week away from our family's second appearance on America's Funniest Home Videos. The whole experience has been like a dream. I honestly keep waiting to wake up. I mean, really, who actually gets to be on a TV show that they have watched since they were a little kid? How crazy is that? Still just blows my mind. Tune in next Sunday at 6 Central on ABC to see how it turned out!