A Little Laugh

So, an amusing story from today. My company provides a quarterly incentive to meet safety, environmental and business targets. Today was the day to pick up the gas cards for first quarter. I went to pick mine up and was greeted with a long line. Peeking up at the front, I saw there were actually three lines, based on last name: A-F, G-M and N-Z. Of course, Murphy's Law prevailed and my line was the longest. I spent the 15 minutes waiting to get to the front staring longingly at the line beside me . . . or rather the lack of line. Why couldn't I be in that (non-existent) line? Three people were left in front me when my brain finally clicked . . . I DO belong in the G-M line, NOT the N-Z line! Yep, I felt a bit sheepish at that realization, especially since it came with verbalization, so everyone in line had to give me grief. Ah well, at least I recognized it in time to save me, oh, 30 seconds! ;-P

Beaumont Rodeo

After the fun time we had at the Houston rodeo a few weeks ago, there was no keeping Michael from the local rodeo . . . especially since all the people at the Houston one said we HAD to see a small local rodeo . . . one where we could sit close enough to "see the snot fly." Umm, appetizing? So, with that ringing recommendation, we headed off to the YMBL Rodeo at the Southeast Texas State Fair last night for another helping of "calf wrestlin', bull ridin' and bronc bustin'." We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves at this rodeo. While it seemed like fewer cowboys were able to complete their events (a outcome we think may be related to the size of the arena), it was neat to be so much closer to the action. Fortunately, we were still far away that I wasn't hit by any flying snot!

I did manage to pull out my camera to take some action shots, but as anyone who's been to a rodeo can attest, taking those action shots was quite difficult! Here's the best of what's on the camera (and if I ever figure out video, I'll post a few of those too!)

Michael, rocking the Stetson Isn't it a beautiful sight? Couldn't resist!

National Anthem, before the events started.

The clowns have the important job of distracting the animals if (when!) a cowboy hits the ground. Unlike Houston, though, these clowns also did a fair amount of entertaining between the events as well.

Did he get his cow? Yes, he did!

Buckin' bronc

Haha, finally have a video uploaded! The other one I took is too large, though. :-(