City Girl Out of Water?

Yup! Thats Me! Today was a scary, yet exciting and 100% worth it day! My boyfriend of 5 months has lived on a farm his whole life and has been showing cattle since fourth grade. His basement is FULL of trophies and banners and plates all declaring him to be ridiculously good at showing ridiculously in demand cattle. Today I got to go to the first local show of the season and my first cattle show EVER. Plus I was meeting his grandmother for the first time! Can you say exciting yet scary and freak out worthy all at the same time?! I was bouncing off the walls all morning in anticipation and nothing could bring me down! (Thats a pretty big statement for a girl who has self confidence troubles like myself! :)) That mentality lasted the entire morning too! That is until I pulled up to the pavilion where the competition was being held... I walked through the doors and immediately became very aware of just how out of place I was.

While my boyfriend has lived on a farm for all of his 18 years, I have lived in a house located on a lovely street in the middle of my small town for the entirety of my sixteen years of life. While he was washing and caring for cows, I was swinging in the park and playing in my neighbors secret garden like backyard. He knows more about farming than I do about pretty much everything and to be honest, the closest I have been to a cow is when I was forced to milk one in fifth grade at Living History Farms camp. But despite these differences, he is still the best guy I know.

When I showed up in my white jacket and Ugg boots, I felt like a Dalmatian in a tiger den. No one was going to eat me, but I definitely did not blend in. Looking back now though, as I sit on my bedroom floor typing away, I realize that I would rather stand out as myself then blend in. And standing out is exactly what I did. More people looked me up and down then I can remember, but I didn't care what they thought. I was there to see someone very important to me succeed and we all know how much I love that! :)

I think that by putting my own issues aside and focusing on how important this day was to him, I was able to forget how out of place I looked and felt and was able to enjoy the day. I was a little nervous about spending the whole morning with his family without him being there, but I tried my hardest to not let my nerves and fears get in the way. If I had, I would have not had as much fun as I did and I would have regretted not making the most of this completely out of the ordinary experience. His mom was nice enough to give me the play by play through out the competition and his younger brother and cousin keep me laughing all through the show. I even met another Katie B, a pretty awesome name if I do say so myself. :)

Today was definitely a day that I won't forget and it helped me to remember just how lucky I am to be living this life. The boyfriend came in second and I had a pretty great first show ever experience so I am definitely declaring today a total success! Score for the City Girl! :)