March 25th through 27th, 2011 - 105th through 107th Days

Do you ever find something that you really love, but you hate at the same time?  Well, my love/hate relationship is with cinnamon rolls.  Tha'ts right, those gooey, tasty, absolutely sinful confections.  Mitch came down this week and made cinnamon rolls for Amber.  This presented a dilema for me.  I love cinnamon rolls, but unfortunately cinnamon rolls love me as well.   Therein lies the problem.  I eat one, and then another, and pretty soon I've gained 4 pounds--even after going to the gym and on a long bike ride.   So, it was very difficult to stay nice to Mitch after he made the cinnamon rolls.  I wanted to scream, "Get thee hence Satan!"    Friday and Saturday were both rainy days, so I not only ate cinnamon rolls, I had to turn on my electric hot chocolate maker and drink hot chocolate all day!  (Yes, I have an electric hot chocolate maker that keeps hot chocolate at a perfect temperate and allows you to make it frothy) Ugh! 

I did do a few nice things, however.  Logan was helping Brian with the timing of the marathon on Saturday and it was rainy and cold.  Nicole and I took him out a jacket and some hot chocolate, which made his day, and ours.  Unfortunately, we should have taken Brian some hot chocolate as well.  Sorry Brian, next time I will not forget you. 

Sunday was a great day, and Steve Dorman gave an excellent talk.  He talked about how sometimes in life you're faced with hardships and you need to do what Dori did in "Finding Nemo".  You have to "Keep Swimming, swimming, swimming; just keep swimming, swimming."  He then related that to facing our trials.   I think if more people just tried to keep swimming, rather than complaining about how cold the water is, or how their arms are tired, we'd probably all be a little better off!  I have a friend, Rick Skousen, he's one of those guys who is always happy.   I think he could get his arm cut off and he would say, "Awesome! I still have one good arm and two great legs.  Am I lucky or what?!"  I've learned through the years that happy people tend to make others happy.  I was interviewing a 16 year old yesterday and I said, "How are you doing?"  She said, "Awesome!  I'm doing awesome!"  I said, "Why, what are you so happy about?"  She said, "Oh, I'm just happy.  I have good friends, a great family, I'm just doing awesome!"   That made me smile the rest of the day. 

Things I learned today, 1st, Cinnamon rolls are bad, even though they're good.  2nd, Hot chocolate on a rainy day is like a pillow after you haven't slept for 4 days--YUM! 3rd, Keep swimming, even if sometimes if feels like an octopus has your legs and is pulling you under the water.   4th, I like to be around awesome people who think life is awesome! 

Kaylee will be home in just over 2 weeks!