I Did A Thing

Y'all would be so proud of me.  I did a thing!

Now, to some of you, that sounds like no big deal, but if you know me at all, you would know I am so not a thing doer, but yesterday, I did a thing!  Not only did I do a thing, I did a thing that required me to leave the house.

Yeah, I'm feeling pretty accomplished here.

So, what exactly was this thing I did?  Well, I'll tell you.  I went to see the Budweiser Clydesdales.  Yes, they were here in Podunkville, Nowhere.  I wasn't going to go.  I told my friend at work I was going to look at my clock, and tell myself, "Self, you need to get dressed and go see them there Clydesdales."  And I would look at my clock again and say to myself, "Self, you really ought to go see them there Clydesdales."  Then I would look at my clock one more time and say, "Dang, I should have gone and seen those there Clydesdales."

They were going to start hitching them up at 2:00 at the library.  Along about 1:00, I jumped up out of my chair and said, "By golly, I'm going to go see them there Clydesdales!"  So, I got dressed and drove on down there.

When the horses arrived, with a police escort, I might add, the first thing they did was to get the wagon out and polish it all up.

Notice the rather dark clouds in the background.  There was some question as to whether they'd even get the horses out, because nobody was sure if it was going to rain or not.  They weren't going to risk them getting cold and wet, and maybe sick if it were going to rain.  While waiting, one of the handlers got the Dalmatian puppy out so we could all squeal over her.

Finally, after about an hour delay, the clouds started breaking up and the sun came out, so the guy in the tan hat said, "Let's do this!"  And we did.

They got each horse out one by one, and told us a bit about him -- name, height, and such.  They tacked them up,

then led them over,



and hitched them to the wagon.

It took about half an hour to get them all out, brushed down, and tacked up, but finally they were ready to go.



They went from the library down to the square, and of course, we all followed them.   Well, not all of us, but a sizable number.  At the square, they stopped and posed for pictures, but I didn't take any.  Not of me, that is.  I took plenty of the horses.

And one of the adult Dalmatian.  Oh, and the drivers, too.

I took lots more pictures, which I will get uploaded to Facebook over the next few days.

Y'all would be so proud of me.  I did a thing!  The good news is, I'm done with thing doing for a while.  Until at least September.  When I hope to do another thing. 

 But for now, I'm all thing done out.