Nine Years…

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I graduated from High School in 1996.  I graduated from Pharmacy School in 2005.  That means that it took me nine years to graduate from college.  Granted, I took a couple years off and talked around southern Brasil, but still.  Looking back at those nine years, they seemed to last an eternity (some more than others).  The first years seemed like 7 years and the second year seemed like 5 years.  The third year seemed like 7 years again and the fourth year felt like 8 years.  The fifth year I got married and that seemed like just a year, but then Pharmacy School started later that year and it started seeming like 2 years, so in September of the fifth year it seemed like 2 years spilling into the next year and that started feeling like 4 years.  So at the end of the fifth year and into the sixth year seemed like 5 years.  The seventh year felt like a year and a half.  The eighth year seemed like 1 regular year and the ninth year seems like 2 years too.  So even though it was only 9 years it seemed more like 37.5 years… maybe that is why I feel old.  If you tack those extra 28.5 years on, I turned 60 in February.  It is all starting to make sense now. 

 

Anyway, back to the task at hand.  Nine years.  It was nine years ago today that I spent my last night as a single guy.  That is right, tomorrow is the ninth anniversary of my wedding day; the day that I tricked Hana into marrying me.  She had no idea what she was in for.  Those of you that know me and those of you that know Hana know how lucky I am.  She is truly an amazing person and I am grateful that she puts up with me and all my "me-ness."  Nine years seems like a long time, but we're just getting warmed up.  With baby boy #3 on the way we are ready to tackle yet another adventure together. 

 

I would keep going on and on about how amazing she is, but she never reads my blog (except when I make her read it so she can see how funny I really am), so I won't waste your time…that and I'm hungry.  Off to the vending machines...oh wait, Hana packed me left overs today... 

A "Simple" Milky Way?

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I did not bring a lunch to work today.  I don't bring a lunch to work a lot of days.  Usually I can keep the hunger at bay by downing another Diet Pepsi, Diet Coke, Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Mountain Dew Code Red, Coke Zero, or the like, but not today.  I decided to peruse the vending machines in the break room.  I try not to do this very often, because the food sold in vending machines is generally not healthy food.  There are exceptions to this, like down on BYU's campus I used to buy sandwiches or apples out of vending machines.  One of the vending machines here has yogurt, string cheese, milk, and Pop Tarts.  Maybe Pop Tarts aren't healthy.  Last time I experimented at the vending machine, I ended up with a strange and unsatisfying bag of Sun Chips: Spicy Chipotle and you all know how that turned out...   Well I saw something there at station F4 that caught my eye, a Milky Way Simply Caramel candy bar.  I have a long standing love of the Milky Way candy bar.  I don't remember exactly when I was introduced to the Milky Way Dark candy bar, but I enjoy them a great deal as well.  Don't get me wrong, I like the Snickers candy bar, but I am not always in the mood for something "packed with peanuts."  The 3 Musketeers candy bar is not one that I like very much at all, especially since the reformulated them.  Last Halloween I stole a 3 Musketeers Mint candy bar from Brady's stash and regretted it dearly… yuck!!!  Back to the Milky Way Simply Caramel candy bar;  I thought to myself, "Hmmm… a Milky Way candy bar is simple enough as it is, caramel, nougat, and chocolate."  Then I thought about See's Chocolates.  (They are my favorite kind of chocolates, by the way.)  I thought about how my favorite favorite is the dark chocolate truffle, but my second favorite is their standard caramel.  "What the heck," I said out loud, but not loudly enough for people to think that I am crazy and talking to myself.  The Milky Way Simply Caramel candy bar is just caramel covered in chocolate.  It was a darn fine treat!!!  I am grateful to report a pleasant vending machine experience to you all.  I think Steve would like this candy bar. (I am speaking specifically about my brother Steve, not just any random Steve, but you never know who might enjoy one of these)

 

In case you were wondering, here are my top 10 candy bars in no particular order.

Butterfinger Crisp

Take 5 Peanut Butter

Take 5

Milky Way

Whatchamacallit

Almond Joy

Kit-Kat

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups*

Caramello

Snickers

 

*I am not sure if these count as a candy bar since they are "cups" but I am counting them anyway.  I did not count Peanut Butter M&Ms, Reese's Pieces, or Junior Mints cause they are obviously not candy bars.

 

 

In other news, we went and saw How to Train Your Dragon.  I loved it and so did Brady.