Arena Opening Cermonies

I love volunteering at Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center. One time I helped them get Vinceremos ready for an important ceremony. They had just finished building their covered arena, and they were going to celebrate by cutting the red tape with all that pomp and ceremony such occasions require. We had to decorate and have everything ready for when the guests arrived. First, my friend and I took the small plants that surround the main office building and put them into new pots. We had to work together to lift the heavy trees and bushes and put them into pretty green and brown pots. Then we wanted the area around the arena to look really spiffy so we had to tie burlap around the pots that held small trees in that area. One of us measured out and cut the burlap, another person measured out twine and cut it, and the third person tied the burlap around each tree and made it look pretty. I measured the twine and cut it. I have to admit that math and logic are not strong points for me. You’d think that once I knew how long the first twine was (ie. how many arm-lengths it took to make it long enough), I would apply it to the future twine-measuring. Unfortunately, my math skills couldn’t work fast enough to keep up with the rest of the assembly line. I had to keep that twine coming because we were trying to have everything ready in time. The twine was long, and I had to wrap it around one of the pots a few times to measure it. Then I stretched to get it off, it got tangled, and it just wasn’t pretty. Then I finally started to get an idea of how long it needed to be, but then I would miscalculate and it would be a little too short or a little too long. I apologize, folks. Not all of those trees had twine wrapped around them five times. My mistake. If one of you noticed that glaring error, now you know that it was this volunteer who fumbled the ball. Ah, well. It was beautiful in the end, and I enjoyed watching that red tape be cut. The covered arena is lovely, and I am proud to have been a part of the ceremony that honored it…if indirectly. :) Keep smiling, Vinceremos lovers!