Not Me Monday-

It's Not Me Monday Again!

Saturday I spent most of the day trying to get over a sinus infection and I did not eat Gluten Free cookies from Betty Crocker for ALL THREE MEALS! I felt it later on Sunday with indigestion. I Love Sugar!

Sunday, Sean and his Brother Jason and I went to Oklahoma to a Steer Wrestling Jackpot. We did not leave an hour and a half late and miss the Cowboy church service before the Jackpot. I did not sleep the whole 4 hour drive except when we stopped for breakfast. I did not drink 4 sweet teas, eat a snickers bar, a Frito chili pie, and then finish the day with a McDonald's Salad...cause you know, Salad's are healthy and non-fattening and I don't eat fattening foods.

Let me tell you a little story about Yesterday It's quite depressing.

There were 30 steer wrestlers entered in this Jackpot. There were three rounds. The first and second fastest times were awarded money in each round and then they awarded money and a buckle to the fastest time of the average of all three rounds.

Sean was sitting first in the average after round two. He was pretty far in the lead. He was a 4.4 in the first round, and that tied for third but won no money. In the second round he was a 4.2 which won him second place and won his entry fees back. In the third round he had to be below a 5.7 to win the average, $1500, and the buckle and of course bragging rights. (For Sean, a 5.7 is really slow. He averages about 4.1 ish a run for this year)

Sean backed into the box, patted his horse frosty on the neck and got set to run his steer. Sean nodded his head, which gave the OK to open the gate to let the steer out. Frosty took off out of the box and Sean gracefully slid onto the steers back and threw him down pretty hard. It looked beautiful! I knew it was a fast time. I just knew he had won, the other two guys that were close to him in the average had a No Time on their third steer so Sean had it in the bag.

Just for the record...never count your chickens before they are hatched. Never! The announcer called out 4.0 +10. He had broken the barrier. He left the box too early. This was a Sean error, not a horse error. I wanted to cry. Part of me was mad, but part of me was sad for him. I knew he really wanted this, he wanted it more than anything. If we could only go back in time 4 seconds, just four small seconds then Sean could wait .01 seconds and get out clean and win the Jackpot. If only. My heart felt like it was about to fall into my stomach. I really almost cried for him. He looked disappointed.

When I finally got to go talk to him, he was upset but OK. I'm a pretty competitive person, and I give up easily :) If it were me I would've quit! Of course this is coming from a girl who at age 6-10 would get mad and quit playing putt-putt if I didn't make a hole in one every time. Sean on the other hand just said, "Man that sucks. I guess I'll just have to do extra good next weekend to win more money." Wow, I wish I could have that attitude.

To end the story on a happy note, he did come out ahead $500 this weekend by winning the Rodeo on Saturday Night so we aren't that dissappointed. There's always another rodeo to win somewhere...

Which brings me to next weekend's rodeo.. Everyone wish us well next weekend when we go to the Arkansas Rodeo Association Finals. Sean will enter into the Finals, $2,500.00 ahead of everyone else, making him a "for sure" winner of the year end award. He will get a Saddle and Buckle. He still has to do good in the rounds to win money though and we need the money to pay the bills, so far it's kept us going! So say a little prayer for us Thursday-Saturday. We really need the money!

This is me and Sean after a long, hard, hot day, Dreading the 4 hour drive back to the house, don't we look tired? ha!

Happy Monday!!