Friday, March 30, 2007
Looking Forward
I think that it has been about ten months since Linda and I decided to show this particular weekend. I may be wrong about the exact length of time, but we have been planning this for a long, long time. And I have been enjoying looking forward to it.
One of the reasons we've been looking forward to it is because a number of people invited us to go to this show. There's a feeling that people want us to come and are looking forward to our visit to their area.
Although I love my local bunny friends, I especially look forward to seeing some folks I don't get to see on a regular basis. And I'm sure I'll meet some new people, too. That's usually a great thing, except the part where I am so bad about remembering names (if I forget your name, just remember what my daughter says, "Mom, why do you call us by the dogs' names?)
It's going to be one of those hectic road trips. We'll drive from here to Kentucky tonight, show our Hollands four times tomorrow, and then drive on to Ohio the next day and show them three more times. We'll attempt to make it back to my house on Sunday night, but we always play things by ear. We find that it takes the pressure off to know that we are there for the duration and we'll make our plans once we find out when the show actually ends.
After that crazy weekend where we drove 24 hours to take in two states, this will seem like a piece of cake, I'm sure. I think our drive is more like half that this time. We'll just be showing more. I admit, the sheer craziness of taking in 7 shows in two states on one weekend is part of the fun of it all. It's good to get a little crazy from time to time.
In our world of instant gratification, I sometimes think we've lost the pleasure of looking forward to future events. When we have the chance to look forward to something, we should hold on to that and enjoy it for all its worth. Sometimes looking forward is half the fun.
Laurie ¶ 8:59 AM
One of the reasons we've been looking forward to it is because a number of people invited us to go to this show. There's a feeling that people want us to come and are looking forward to our visit to their area.
Although I love my local bunny friends, I especially look forward to seeing some folks I don't get to see on a regular basis. And I'm sure I'll meet some new people, too. That's usually a great thing, except the part where I am so bad about remembering names (if I forget your name, just remember what my daughter says, "Mom, why do you call us by the dogs' names?)
It's going to be one of those hectic road trips. We'll drive from here to Kentucky tonight, show our Hollands four times tomorrow, and then drive on to Ohio the next day and show them three more times. We'll attempt to make it back to my house on Sunday night, but we always play things by ear. We find that it takes the pressure off to know that we are there for the duration and we'll make our plans once we find out when the show actually ends.
After that crazy weekend where we drove 24 hours to take in two states, this will seem like a piece of cake, I'm sure. I think our drive is more like half that this time. We'll just be showing more. I admit, the sheer craziness of taking in 7 shows in two states on one weekend is part of the fun of it all. It's good to get a little crazy from time to time.
In our world of instant gratification, I sometimes think we've lost the pleasure of looking forward to future events. When we have the chance to look forward to something, we should hold on to that and enjoy it for all its worth. Sometimes looking forward is half the fun.
Laurie ¶ 8:59 AM
