Show Prep

     I have not done much show prep in a lot of years. I haven't had the need, since I haven't been showing. I think, maybe, some people wonder about that. It started with COVID, which stopped the shows for a while. Then it turned into there weren't many shows, or I was busy that weekend. And really, the thought of getting up gross early, on a weekend, was just awful. When I started dancing a bit over a year ago it really became impossible to imagine getting up super early on a Saturday after being out so late on a Friday night. But our Friday dance spot is closed and now we dance on Wednesdays (and for the Summer, a friend of mine and I go and dance in Connecticut on Tuesdays) but I showed at Resin Renaissance, because I was already going to be close to the show hall, I was already prepared to not get enough sleep the whole time I was in Kentucky, and I did actually have a nice time. I got to talking with my friend Danielle, one night in Kentucky, and she said there was a local show coming up in August. So I decided to look into it, the show was still open for entries, and then all of a sudden, I have show prep I needed to take care of. Alright then. 

     A lot of my recent show prep, which started as soon as I got back from Kentucky, was laminating my documentation. Yes, I bought a laminator just to do this. Part of that was I have had the same paper documentation for years and some of it is getting a little worn. Some of it was when I had my documentation on the table for my judging clinic at Breyerfest the wind kept trying to blow it away. I thought laminated documentation was a better idea. So that is what I am doing. I also, after many years, got a new documentation binder. Little things make me happy. My new binder, which is so neat and perfectly organized, makes me happy. It would be better if it was also pink, but sadly, it is not. 

     Another little weird piece of show prep was sorting miniature books. I had zero need to do this, I could have just grabbed a bunch of random books, but I decided to pull out mostly books that I was at least familiar with, preferably ones I had read, and not dark romance. It amused me to do it, so I did. Anyway, I have a whole ton of miniature books and I feel like now I need to come up with some more ideas that use them. And I am sure I will. 

      There are cows on my porch that just finished getting their clear coat and I have a note on my computer to do some tack fitting tomorrow. I also need to get the show stuff, and my table, make sure everything is clean and probably pack it in my car so it is easier to leave on Saturday morning. I am already tired thinking about getting up early. But I am also looking forward to the show. I will get to see friends I haven't seen in a while, and I will play with a horse. That should be fun. I am likely going to show just one horse again. It's an easy way to do it. 

      So anyway, after years of not showing I am doing show prep and trying to remember all the things that I didn't have to think too much about. Like things I have to remember to bring. And I have to look for my tweezers that seemed to disappear after Breyerfest.