My bones creaked and groaned when I crawled out of the camper on the back of my 20 year old pickup truck this morning. That first cup of coffee from the diner on the corner sure tasted good. It went real well with that sweet smile from the sassy waitress. Which was good, because that was all I could afford to go with it.
At the sign-in counter for bull riding I dropped my last $100 for the entry fee. If I didn't place in the winning money today, it was gonna be tough getting back to the ranch. It hadn't been a very good season and times were tough.
My event was scheduled for 2:00 pm which didn't leave much time. I headed back to my truck to get my gear. My chaps had seen better days but my lucky brown vest was still in pretty good shape. I hoped luck was with me today. I really needed to draw a decent bull after that bad spill I took in Austin a few weeks ago.
We stood around in a group as the lottery was drawn to match the bulls with the riders. I twisted my dusty cowboy hat in my hands as I prayed to get any bull except for Widow Maker.
"Rider 12 - draws "Widow Maker" the man announced, then looked at me with pity in his eyes.
Ahhhh, shit!
wow, that is so awesome that you are a bull-rider. I'm presuming this is a true story? If so I would very much like to see a free-write about how it went!
Good story man, I am now following you. :)
Thanks so much for the great comment! No, not a true story, I've never even been to a rodeo. Watched a few on TV and read some western. So that's a huge compliment that it seemed to be true. Thanks for the follow, I'm returning the favor!
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Oh, no. The pity look! LOL! Sounds like lady luck just isn't on his side. His vest didn't even help him. I enjoyed this story @sevendust04! : )
Thanks, glad you liked it @whatisnew! Yeah, poor guy is not going to have a good ride.
Oh no!! Not the widow maker!!! I am so glad that you are writing with us!
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Thank you @mariannewest. I wish I had time to do more, you come up with some great prompts. I would never have tried to write something about a rodeo without it.
Am here with the weekends freewrite prompt.
this freewrite prompt is single.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/weekend-freewrite-6-1-2019-single-prompt-option
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A double portion of anointing
Comes on whoever tried multi-prompt writing.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/weekend-freewrite-6-1-2019-part-1-the-first-sentence
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Do have a nice weekend.
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