ROUNDUP

Last weekend my hubby went to Wyoming with Wounded Warriors to attend a roundup. WW is an amazing program for our injured service men and women.  Hubby on a horse... on a ranch... with cattle... was a little unsettling to me, but there is no talking him out of anything to do with the Military. He is a stubborn Marine thru and thru and I knew he would get up on that horse with the warriors and attempt to drive no matter what I had to say about it.  I didn't hear much from him during the weekend, just a post on Facebook claiming, "damn horse got away from me!"  
Oh jeez, that can't be good.

When I talked to him on his way home, he informed me that he was thrown from an angry horse... a few cuts and bruises, broken toe... no big deal... not to worry... he saddled back up and finished the ride!  ookkkkkkaaayyyyyyy

A few hours later he came limping through the door. Could I get him an ice pack and something for the pain? It was all I could do not to laugh.

ME:  "Honey, why would you get on a horse when you don't know how to ride?"
HIM:  "I know how to ride! I have ridden plenty of horses!"
ME:   uh, huh... "when? where?"
HIM: "you know, over the years... at resorts and various places"
ME:  "and it didn't occur to you a ranch horse might be different than a resort horse??"
HIM: "Shut up Texas!!"
just sayin'...

Aside from the angry horse, he had some great stories to tell about his experience at the ranch and the amazing men he spent the weekend with.  He even walked away with a pretty cool buckle... even though he needed a little help attaching it to his belt....

~SOS~