A New Wardrobe

This herding hobby may require a new wardrobe. When I arrived at my lesson in jeans and a t-shirt, my instructor asked if I needed a rain coat. "I think the rain's over for the day," I say as rain drops fall. I grabbed a rain jacket from the car. "You may want a long coat," my instructor says, handing me a coat that reaches to my knees. The rain continues to fall throughout the lesson. My baseball cap is soaked. My hair is wet. My jeans are wet from the knees down. Caeli, my dog, is wet too. As she runs through the tall grass, she collects seedheads and bits of grass. Every few minutes she gives a good shake. Though tired after an hour of work, she can't stop smiling. She says her wardrobe is just fine.