A Quick Study

Sometimes it takes years to learn important things. Examples: I left my hair blonde for much too long before I learned that it looked and felt better brown. I have been making pie crusts for years and still only get them right about half the time. It took about 14 years of marriage to realize that I can’t actually change him - not that I’d want to of course - and sometimes I still forget.
Other times, you can learn things really quickly. For instance, after just two days I have learned that I

never

want to be a horse rancher and even if I lived somewhere where I could keep my own horses, I wouldn’t have more than three.
We got up at 4:30 the last two days to be at the barn by 5:00 to clean 23 stalls, clean up after ourselves and water the stall occupants. The first day I felt it was doable. Today, every muscle in my back and shoulders is screaming and that’s with a healthy dose of my favorite new food: ibuprofen.
I was all set to quit this afternoon, but Reagan wants to keep going (though it should be noted that she does not do any real scooping. She is is charge of raking and watering) and Rich thinks we should give it at least one more week. Stay tuned . . .

In other weekend news:

Reagan

had her first track meet. She was about in the middle of the pack on long jump; her 4x100 team won their race and she was not last in the 200. Also, she didn’t cry which makes her a better athlete than her mother.

Faith

’s soccer team won 1-0. It would have been higher, but the other team had a really good goalie.

Hayden

’s football team lost by one touchdown, but they actually scored two touchdowns themselves this week for the first time so everyone was in a good mood.

Tomorrow my school is closed for a teacher work day and I have to go get certified in CPR for my job. That’s slightly hilarious because I’m about the last person you’d want by your side in a medical emergency. Blood makes me faint and if you vomit, I’ll vomit with you. Still, CPR is a valuable life skill so I don’t mind going.