I am a Team Roper's Wife

I have been a Team ropers wife for as long as I can remember. Heck, I would have to say most of my married life. First off, let me tell you what Team roping is so to clear any thoughts that you have of  it being like a rodeo... it’s not!

Team Roping takes two, a header and a healer. 

A Team ropers wife is there to support her husband, watching hours into the day, sitting in the stands with the wife's of other  ropers, who have become her friends. And then there are those roping's she may not know a soul. Some arenas are not in doors, nor do they all have bathrooms. Some have bleachers, others have grassy areas you can park your lawn chair. I really prefer the covered arenas even if I do carry a portable butane heater to  stay warm in the winter and a fan in the summer. And let me tell  you, you make a lot of friends quick when you have either one.  A Team ropers wife is also the "go get it person " and the  watchman. Honey, will you go get my other rope? Honey, will you bring me something to drink? Honey, will you watch my coat?  Honey...honey...did you see that last run I just made? Sure... I  didn't really cause I was talking with the other wife's in the stand  or shopping in the exhibits down be-hide the bleachers...Opps! Sorry! A Team ropers wife needs to have a lot of patience and a whole lot of things to keep her occupied in the bleachers. Besides my  heater, I carry a blanket to sit on and pad those hard sits, a small  cooler with a couple of drinks and something to snack on that would  be good for me and not have to buy that ten dollar leather hamburger, or that four dollar bottle of water. I also carry my laptop, an  extension cord if there is a place to plug into, some magazines,  and my cell phone. I rarely get help toting all this to and from the  horse trailer which is parked back in the north forty behind the  barn. A Team Ropers wife is also the travel agent. Most of the bigger roping events, like the one we are at this weekend, is not always  local, nor in the same state, so I have to get us hotel reservations  way in advance or take the cheaper trip and sleep in the horse trailer which means no bathtub, using a port -a- pottie, and  having no blow dryer for your hair....unless you have a living quarters horse trailer  like this one parked beside us this weekend.....I could only dream.... We down sized this past year to a bumper pull, two horse slant, with a  small dressing and tack room. It does hold a travel trailer port a  pot but no bed like our last one we had. A Team ropers wife needs to really love her cowboy! Be his cheer  leader while he's out in the arena roping , his banker when he wants to get another run for another hundred dollars or his teller when he wins some money, and his friend to cheer him up when he loses  because his heeler missed in the forth rotation and they would have been first. I am a Team ropers wife and proud of it! I cant think of anything  else I would rather be doing than share something my husband loves doing and watching him have fun at what he loves!  This weekend we are at Kinder, Louisiana at a USTRC Bayou Championship Event. James is in the # 10 tonight and the # 9 tomorrow after Cowboy Church. He won some money here last  year and this year...lets just say...'sometimes chickens, sometimes feathers", but always FUN!