Chapter 314

• Barn duties
• My daughter, Carly, loves horses and she talked us into letting her join 4H. The club had barn space during the county fair to show their horses. This entailed a lot of work by the kids and the parents. My ex-wife Helen and I found out just how much work the first year our daughter attended. Helen and I have been divorced for several years, but still remain amicable and when it comes to doing things like 4-H for our daughter, neither one of us mind at all.
• During the four days of the fair the kids were required to be on site all the time. Each parent with a kid in the club would bring a trailer to live for the four nights they were there. Also each parent was assigned by the club leader to a supervisory duty. Unfortunately being voluntary, there were only the three leaders, Helen and I who showed up at the barns to work. That first year Helen and I got to be the day time barn cleaning supervisors. We soon found out it wasn't going to be an easy job. There's nothing more frustrating then trying to get a group of girls to do chores.