Aparently I am entering a cow/ranch horse thing in July

Our town is having a 125th celebration this July. And one of the things on the agenda is a ranch/cow horse thing. I told the organizer way back that I was really interested in that stuff. So I got entered. Which would be great if we even had cows to practise on, which we don't. The animals on our farm are horses, dogs, cats & gerbils.
Hard to practise working a cow when you only have dogs to practise on. So now I need to get a steer or two (I could name them Ribeye and Sirlion lol). I may have found some to practise on, but I'd better get my butt in gear. I already found a cow horse trainer who is willing to come up and do a cow horse clinic.
And I'll need to get Pep in and start seriously working him. The ground tying thing will really need to be worked on. I always just hobble him if I need to. And the second you don't have a hold on that bridle, he is trying to rub it off. Still haven't found a halter that will stay on him for longer than 5 minutes.
What the heck did I get myself into? It's bad enough that the 4-H club is doing the meal on Friday night, on the Saturday the club is entering the parade, running a gymkhana (which my kids will also enter), and cleaning garbage. Plus our gravel business is supposed to be putting in a float cause Wade's dad is the parade organizer, but I just know it'll be me and the kids making & decorating the gravel float. AND I am entered in the cow horse thing & they are having a barrel racing which I am expected to enter, as they needed 10 local girls for the calcutta portion. And then open shows start right after.
I have NO idea why it's called summer vacation, it's more work than any other time of year.

Oh that sounds like Fun! take plenty of photos!

I'm already trying to teach Wade to use my camera so he can record it. I'd like to see on video what I look like.
I've been looking on YouTube to check out working cow horse and versatility ranch horse stuff. Looks like a blast. One of the guys I'll be up against is the community pasture manager who shows in ranch rodeos all the time. Another is a kid who went to some horse college. Thank goodness it's for fun, cause I'd likely back out, having to compete against people who know what they are doing.