I love this Gary Allan song..been listening to it today...the guitar is so cool...
Some aspects of this cattle/ranching business are still a mystery to me...i'll admit i haven't got it all figured out yet!....well...and that goes for people too..i haven't figured out too many of them either....lol...
Most of my learning has been like Grandpa,Uncle Pete, Dad have just basically kinda thrown me out there and said"You'll figure it out on your own, and when you make a mistake i will tell you what you did wrong." and they almost always do....like today...but i guess that's their way of advising?...haha....It's like being thrown into a lake w/no life jacket and you don't know how to swim and they are standing on the side yelling:"Swim Julia, you'll figure it out!"...That's what it's like sorta....
They have made me & Sarah learn to work on trucks/machinery/construction-type things/repairs/doctor animals/feed animals/drive tractors---all these guy things and there's me & Sarah just 2 silly girls thrown into the madness...but i think we have learned A LOT and it's paying off.....Learn to rely on yourself for things, rather than let someone else do the dirty work..being independent is soooo freaking cool!... ;)
Grandpa told me today that we have been given a big opportunity to run this outfit and learn everything...it's ours whenever he's gone....not too many girls get a chance like that thrown at them ...i know how many people would love to just be given all this like we have...i do know how lucky i am..and i'm not gonna waste a sweet opportunity to run this ranching/cattle business...
it takes alot of hard tough work, and i will prove myself..Dad told me that he will help me do whatever i wanna do, if it's this or something else also i wanna achieve, but running this ranching stuff ---i will have to work at this and it's not gonna be easy....my family has been in this business forever...i love the idea of being my own boss & in control of things....lol
Looks as though this week we will be very busy starting tomorrow morning early...we are going to do another"round-up" this week for a sale on friday....and hopefully working on fixing the creek where some trees have fell and blocked the water....whatever water there is..the rain hasn't been enough...lying weatherman!...lol...
the blood is going away from my eye injury it looks normal again and i still see perfect, so that's good news...still thinking about getting a flu shot this month...Dad called and lectured that me & Sarah both need to get one....lol...blah..blah...he started to tell me thank you for the present i made him, and he started crying and he hung up....haha...that's kinda sad how he cries....don't know when we will see him again in person..lol......he said he may go to Wyoming & Montana again w/work..they told him....He said he knows that Grandpa & Uncle Pete will keep us safe working all this dangerous work so we won't get hurt...he still doesn't know about my eye..Ssh!
Auntie J.'s Cowgirl Party was fun saturday...we had mixed drinks & wine and watched cowboy movies....All my friends were there...you'd be surprised how crazy people are going for ALL cowboy stuff now days--clothes/movies/home decorating parties/wanting the life...even in the city those city girls are all wearing cowboy stuff and drooling over "sexy cowboys"---everywhere in the world too, according to my many friends who live all over the world & country...i think that's really cool though..see i've always known what was cool!...and i don't have to look for, or pretend to have that kinda life..because i am a real cowgirl already...i live the life everyday.... ;)
I think people are just looking for heros or comfort in these tough times and that's what the cowboy has been in America forever....it's safety/comfort...but let's not forget the indians too...they are BOTH my heros! and rightly so...
anyway that's what's been going on..
xoxo
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