It’s done! As of this
past Saturday night, I’ve danced my last Rodeo… at least for a while. It seems like they run it about every 3 years
or so, so I’m not ruling out that I could get tasked to do it again but for now….
It’s over.
I was fairly happy with my performance. I made some mistakes but they were all
minor. I saw some of the other dads, and
even the professionals make much more serious errors during the performance. Trust me, I know that I probably didn’t look
the best up there, but I remembered all the steps and pulled them off at the
right moments so I count that as almost a complete and total victory.
Something that happened during the 11th hour
during the Friday night dress rehearsal which ended up being a really cool
thing was that a girl who had a minor but significant part in the performance
fell ill and Elissa was selected to fill in for her. That was always a sticking point with me,
that I was spending so much time learning this dance and my kid wasn’t even in
it so, it’s like the universe decided to supply a little justice and do us a
solid. Of course, the girl was back and
feeling fine by Sunday but her absence on Saturday and my daughter being tasked
with her role meant so much to our family.
It was nice.
I’m sure that I will miss those rehearsals some this
week. That’s usually the way that things
like this go for me. Once something has
become a part of my life, even if I hate it, I always miss it when it’s gone
for some reason.
The good news is that I will finally have time to get back
to working on the house. I’m going to
take this week off and not do much beyond keeping things tidy but next week I
intend to attack the remodeling once again with everything I have. Dana says she’s going to pick out colors for
the wall this week so that’s a big, big deal.
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