Circus! Circus!

As we grow older, we learn from our peers and we are advised by our elders. I'm confident that all of you reading this, no matter how old, have heard your elder say "Life is unexpected". Believe me, it is. You may never know whats coming until it hits ya....well today, it hit me square in the forehead and sent me running in the snow, Literally!

As a farmer, you know that if you open a gate, you shut it...you just know. It's like how a burger flipper at McDonald's flips burgers.....you just do it! It's a natural instinct! Well quite frankly, ma's natural instincts were not in check today. She had the nerve to lead the horses into their stalls, which is normally a job for dad or I, so that right there should tell ya that she's not qualified for the job. (no offense ma!) Something was bound to go wrong.

As she led Saber, our black horse, out of the pasture, she forgot to turn around and shut the gate behind her. Little did she know that Emmit was sneaking right behind her. Mind you that Emmit is a 1,000 lb steer with energy greater than the energizer bunny! None the less, he's my show steer for the county fair! I nearly got to the house when I heard ma yell "Oh Shoot!" (censored version) "LIZ! EMMIT IS OUT!"

Here we go.
I quickly walked towards his direction, for you visual readers, I looked like a mall walker making a bee-line for the candle shop. Sure enough, as soon as Emmit saw me, he bolted off like a coyote after a jack rabbit. Off into the neighbors yard he went, running like a mad man...or mad cow in his case. So off I went behind him, screaming "You Stupid Cow! Your death sentence will come sooner than what you want!" I'm sure the neighbors get quite a kick out of me. I chased him all around their yard, trying to keep him from going into the road or into the woods. Eventually, he made his way back into our yard, thank God!
Long story short, with the help of our hysterical neighbors, we slowly worked him into a corner and re-opened the gate and he bolted in. I slammed the gate shut and he looked at me with this look on his face that said "You Idiot. I just made a fool of you." and that he did.

I guess when life throws something at ya, you just have to learn to take the blow....and then later down the road, come back with something harder to throw right back at it. Thanks Ma!