Good 'ol County Fair

Fair. What do you guys think of when you think of the fair? Do you think of carnival rides and lots of stuff to do? Well at least here…WRONG! Fair to me means a lot of stuff. The start of the week means stress and lots of it. Because then is when we START to do our projects! J We have adopted the “procrastinate all year and do the projects a day before they’re judged” routine. After that stress is over the fair is pretty fun.
Again though…what do you consider fun? Do you consider lots of games, rides, and stuff to do fun or hanging out with your friends playing cards and sitting in a not-so-sweet smelling barn all day fun? If you picked the latter, then welcome to the county fair! If not, then don‘t bother coming.
Here, fair is a big social gathering with the occasional competitiveness of showing animals. I love it. You meet so many new people and get to see your friends after a long summer of being busy with sports, vacations and jobs.
A lot of people that you would talk to that actually show animals may not agree with the “fair is so fun” part. Because they have to be there all day to “watch” their animals and I’m just there by choice. But me, who has never really had the chance to bring her livestock to fair to show, used to think it was great to help out. I’ve spent many Thursday’s of the fair in the sheep barn shearing and washing sheep (doing my cousins jobs) while they went out and found something better to do. Because, in the end I could leave when I wanted to and they couldn’t. Now that I’ve grown up a little bit I see where they’re coming from and they are back to doing their jobs but I’ll never forget the responsibility I felt when I was little being able to take care of their animals.
Fair is a lot of things to a lot of people, but I think its unanimous that it is one of the most looked forward to times of the year. (at least until show day)