
I had way too much fun, not enough sleep (approx. 1.5 hours in 2 days), and plenty of funny memories!
I went on a business trip to Chicago this past week. It was fun, stressful and boring all at the same time. I flew in on Thursday and stayed at the Intercontinental right on Magnificent Mile (where all the high end shopping is). It was a great room and I had it all to myself! We had a cocktail party that night where I met Lauren from Rochester, NY. She just turned 21 and it was her first time at a business meeting too. After an excellent dinner we walked around the city and saw the John Hancock Building, other buildings, a really cool church, and the crazy nightlife. (too bad I didn't have my camera) I got up the next morning and had a great breakfast, meetings, lunch, meetings, snack, meetings. The room where we had the meetings was FREEZING!! Everybody was complaining about how cold it was. I think they were just trying to get us to stay awake. Lauren and I walked around a little more before a car came and took me to the airport. I was originally leaving at 6:15pm and arriving around 10. Not so bad I thought until we (Sharon the dietitian from the U, who also gave a presentation at the PKUDOS meeting and I) got to the airport and found out or flight was delayed. Sitting and waiting followed as well as more delays. Finally after we got on the STUFFY plane and pulled away from the gate (around 8:45pm) we were informed that we would have to pull back into the gate so maintenance could look at the cooling system. Finally we were in the air with a bunch of high schoolers who would not stop arguing. They were in a debate about Marching band being a sport....please tell me I was never like that in High School. No sleep for me so I worked on my talk for Father's Day. We finally landed and had to wait because there was construction and the plane in front of us had to be towed to the gate...... What a long day. As much as I love to travel, doing it for work isn't the way I really want to do it. Oh well it was a great adventure where I met a lot of people and learned a few things!

"Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch you character, it becomes you destiny." -Lao-Tze
"I have learned that only 2 things are necessary ito keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it." Lyndon B. Jonson
"Dad- Today a bride, tomorrow a wife, forever your daughter."
"People that are meant to be together always find their way in the end."
"Don't regret anything you do, because in the end it makes you who you are."
"If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is alway no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place."
"A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn"
"Love waits for one thing... the right moment."
"Fate controls who walks into your life. You decide who you let walk out, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go."
"It's not about the destination, it's about the journey."
"I. Love. You. More than yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow."
"Never be afraid to try something new. Remember it was amateurs who build the ark. Professionlas built the titanic."
"The best thing about this future is tha it comes one day at a time."
"True LOVE is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion." - Pres. Hinckley
"Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience."- Jane Brewer
"I will keep you forever, yes forever and a day."-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"An airport is a highway that takes us from the IMAGINED to the REAL."
"The thrill of going NEW places is ADDICTIVE. You do it once, you want to do it FOREVER." -Edwin Santos
"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves." -J.M. Barrie
"Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened."
"Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk."
"Life is not about the amount of breaths we take; it's about the moments that take our breath away."
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa
"Dedication is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."
"It's so weird all she wanted to do is spa and club all day." "I like how you use words as verbs, I think after this I'll sandwich and sofa for awhile"
"Sometimes God calms the storm, other times he lets the storm rage and calms his child"
"Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying; I will try again tomorrow" -Mary Anne Radmacher
"A person doesn't marry someone they can live with, they marry someone they can't live without."
"What doesn't kill you, will make a funny story later."- BB
"You know you're in LOVE when you can't sleep because reality is FINALLY better then your dreams."
"A little craziness once in awhile perpetuates sanity"
"The greatest discovery anybody can make is to figure out nothing is impossible."
"Humor helps keep life in perspective."
"On behalf of each one of us, my brothers and sisters I offer our final farewell to our beloved Prophet President Gordon B. Hinckley. Gordon, God be with you til we meet again." -Pres. Thomas S. Monson
"Recycling regrets (doesn't) change reality. Pawing through the past is not productive... Too much attention to what might have been actually gets in the way of what still can be." -Elder Neal A. Maxwell