A Day with Janelle

I received a phone on Friday from Janelle, her message was short and simple, "I'm going to be in Walla Walla for 24 hrs." So with that in mind, you know it was going to be a great weekend.

The goal then for the next 24 hours was to simply have fun. Since snow is a foreign word in the Southern California vocabulary, I knew I had to take her sledding. It turned out to be a good size group, Jimmy, Adrienne, Mark, Kevin, Janelle, Traci and I to be exact. The weather was sunny and warm, however, most of the snow was fairly icy up in the mountains. Kevin brought his enormously large inner tube that he claims it's from his motorcycle, although I have my doubts. On one of the runs, Jimmy thought it would be a good idea to go off a jump in the huge inner tube by myself and somehow, I believed him. As it turns out it wasn't a great idea and now I've got a wound to prove it. The good news is that I'm the only one that got injured from the group.

Once we arrived back to the car, Traci took out the hot chocolate and we drank our sorrows away. It was great. To complete the day, we took Janelle contra dancing so she can obtain the complete Walla Walla experience. I didn't have plans to participate but after taking 600 milligrams of Ibuprofen, I was good to go for about two songs.

You know, I'm not sure why I tend to laugh when I cry or when I'm in pain. Regardless of the reason, I took my pain like a man but deep inside I cried like a little girl.