Rodeo Runaway

[Becky Coffield]

I’m thinking of running away, but I can’t decide if I want to run off to Las Vegas, where I still might be able to get a job as a cocktail waitress, or to Costa Rica, where I might be arrested for camping on the beach. Actually, I should probably go to Costa Rica since I only know one person in Las Vegas and he’s a happily married man.

I’m not at all unhappy. In fact, I’m about the happiest person I know except for GMC employees who’ll get a 9 week paid vacation this summer. I’m just the kind of person who needs to do something outrageous quite regularly. It’s in my DNA I think. The last time I felt this way I adopted a blind, deaf, three-legged, wild, starving horse which has cost me a bundle…that’s why I have to sleep on the beach in Costa Rica instead of staying in a posh resort getting a pedicure.

I think the problem is that sometimes things become too annoying. Hysteria over the flu is the final straw. It’s been bad enough listening to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and the like have apoplexy everyday over B.O. and his agenda, but now the media is hyping the flu to distract everyone from the fact that Barrack is…well, I don’t want to get political. I’m the type of person who really, really tries to turn a deaf ear to everything political. I figure there’s no point in getting all riled up over things I can’t control…like the weather, Nancy Pelosi, horse poop, etc.

But, I’ve also been thinking that maybe I just need to go to a good rodeo instead of running away. I could drink beer, eat peanuts, be silly and look at all the cute cowboys. My favorite event, you know, is steer wrestling. Something about a man jumping off a galloping horse onto the back of horned animal and wrestling him to the ground paralyzes me with... well, I best not describe that.

My husband would probably prefer I just go get rodeo tickets somewhere. It’ll be cheaper than him having to fly to Costa Rica to bail me out of jail…again.

[Julie S]

Good for you. Go see a rodeo. Love the Pelosi/poop tie in.
The last rodeo I went to was Kaycee High School Rodeo and I spent 6 hours working the catch pens with Bob Idiot of the World Hepp. We spent the entire time argueing about the size of my butt. Nobody is sure why his wife hasn't beaned him with a shovel yet, she's kind and patient obviously. Needless to say, by the end of the day, my mood was a bit fractious but it was fun anyway being with the kids. Nice and very polite group of kids. And I did out-argue Bob by the end of the day. He came to the mental battle unarmed. HA!!

[Julie S]

PS. Today I'm off to a branding with the aforementioned Bob. I'll be wearing my new pink cowboy hat with the fur trimmed brim and flashing tiara. Hee, nothing like asking for a fight eh?

[Becky Coffield]

Is no one else a runaway??

[Becky Coffield]

Running off to Texas is plenty good! I'll have to try that sometime. Now that I live in AZ I'm a lot closer to Texas than when I lived in Oregon!

[Christopher Zimmerman]

I ran away for over 20 years. I ran to Alaska. I ran to Honduras and Panama. I ran to Germany, Britain, Spain, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Turkey, France, Holland, Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia. I ran to the Florida Keys, Oklahoma, and Virginia. I ran to so many places I don't even remember them all. After a while they all started to look the same. So I ran back to Arizona. I'm through running.

[Becky Coffield]

I liked it when I ran away to Alaska for two years. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. I liked it so much I set my first suspense novel in Southeast Alaska even.

[Will Killem]

Let me be the first to invite you to San Angelo, Texas. We have the 6th largest rodeo in the world. The San angelo Stock Show & Rodeo along with the NRCHA "Celebration of Champions World's Greatest Horseman" run the entire month of February. If you can't wait until February, come on anyway we'll find something "old west" to do.

[Becky Coffield]

Right on. I think rodeo watchin' suits me better than politickin'. (spelling?) I'm gonna learn to keep my mouth shut on these comment forums...if I can. Thanks for the invite! Never been to San Angelo. Just might show up one of these days!