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by Tammy Gilbert - Story Teller & Published Author, Decorator & Aesthetician

This Cowboy Doesn’t Travel

May 20, 2018 by Tammy Gilbert

I know this comes as no surprise, but I could be a roaming gypsy.  I could travel by air, sea and train.  Cowboy…not so much!   On second thought, scratch train off that list because my last adventure that included a Cowboy and an Amtrak was a complete disaster from the get go! And if I’m being totally honest, it would be my version of hell in a poop-lined basket!  Never, EVER again! But that’s another story.

On 4G the running joke is to see how soon Cowboy starts to pout when I mention the word “travel”.  I’m not kidding y’all.  He acts like 2 year old that just had his lollipop stolen right out of his hand MID-LICK.  After being married to this dude for 30 years, I know that if it’s going to be a “Cowboy trip”, I have to approach the whole “travel” thing very gently.  I learned this from two of the smartest women I know…my mama and Cowboy’s mama.  They said that a woman could make a man do “just about anything” if he thought it was HIS idea.

Hmmm, let’s just ponder that for a minute,

How in the world does that work?!  Cowboy’s idea of traveling is driving from one end of 4G to another.  If I even mention the word “travel”, he runs out the door BACKWARDS!  I have never seen anyone exit a building that wasn’t on fire as quick as that dude!

Cowboy would prefer to stay on our green acres 24/7.  I don’t blame him a bit because it’s his happy place and it is beautiful out here.  But…I would be a wilted flower if I couldn’t broaden my horizons by traveling.  I need culture, people and new places to see.  Cowboy says it’s always a good day when he doesn’t see pavement.  And, I think it’s a good day when I hop into my car and wipe the dust off of my cheetah print shoes!

So back to making Cowboy think that a trip is his idea…

After much pondering, I finally figured it out…

On “Cowboy trips” which are trips that included him (obviously), I would casually bring it up twelve months from when I wanted us to go.  Then I would bring it up again six months, then 3 months…you get the picture right?

ME: (casually talking about a trip to Cowboy) Have you ever been on a cruise?

COWBOY:  No and that sounds like a terrible idea.  What if one of us gets seasick? Can you imagine being stuck in a room the size of a cardboard box?  And for the record, every time we go on a trip it doesn’t go well. Or have you forgotten?

ME:  That doesn’t happen very often.  And if we get sick, they have a doctor on board and medicine.  It’s sounds fun to me.

COWBOY: The only thing fun about it would be getting off the boat. I’m out.

SIX MONTHS LATER-

ME:  Remember that cruise we were talking about?  You had mentioned that you would want to get off the boat as often as you could? I found one that stops at 3 ports.  Some of our friends are going.  I think it would be fun!

COWBOY: So when is this again?

ME:  It’s in six months.  Don’t worry you have plenty of time to prepare yourself for it.

Ok y’all, let me just say that when we go on a trip together, Cowboy is “all in”.  He is up for anything that I want to do. We start out having so much fun, but for some reason, our trips end up on the wrong side of bad.  But I am an optimist and feel like that’s in the past and we shouldn’t give up.

On the cruise we snorkeled, danced, gambled and we even did a zip lining excursion.  Just picture that…Cowboy on a zipline with his wranglers, boots and hat. I bet those people in Progresso had a good laugh!

Everything was going great…until the 3rd night…

I woke up to me falling out of bed.  That boat was swaying so bad I thought I was on a tilt-o-world ride at the carnival!  And then it happened… I started to get sick.  I couldn’t get to the bathroom fast enough!  Have you ever been in one of those bathrooms?  I promise you, it’s the size of a refrigerator!  Cowboy opens the door and hands me a cold rag…

COWBOY:  (Chuckling) Wasn’t this a great idea!  I just love cruises.  Especially since people aren’t usually seasick.

‘Till next Sunday y’all- Tammy

 

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Hi there- I love sharing my crazy life about living in the middle of Pidcoke, Texas with my Cowboy.  If I'm not scraping the cow poop off of my cheetah print stilettos then you can find me blogging, decorating or helping women feel beautiful at my spa! I hope you enjoy my stories- 𝔁𝓸, 𝓣𝓪𝓶𝓶𝔂 ❥

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