I apologize to everyone who has heard this story already, especially Brittany who has heard it no less than 47 times. Yesterday, starting at 1:41 p.m., all my conversations became one big broken record run-on sentence that went something like this:

Random Captive Audience: "Hi, Carolyn. How's it going?"
Me: "Oh my gosh. So I went to church yesterday and I was late and I ran in and took a seat, glanced up at the stand, and dude, Bo TOTALLY spoke in church yesterday. And when he got up to give his talk, I about started crying. I was already prepared to be overwhelmed regardless of what he said but when he started talking about humility and innocence, I got tears in my eyes. I was overcome. I have never stared so intently at a speaker in my life. And then after church I had to help with the ward Christmas dinner and I was standing outside the room waiting for the other ward to get out so I could start setting up when who should walk down the hall and stop RIGHT BY ME. That's right. And he said 'hey,' and I said...'hi'...and then I said, 'You've probably gotten this a lot today, but I really enjoyed your talk,' and he said, 'Thanks, I had to cut it down a lot.' And then he said, 'What's your name?' I said, 'Carolyn.' We shook hands, and then I asked what he was doing. He said he was helping with the Christmas dinner. I asked why. He said it was because he's part of the "special opps committee." I said, 'What do you guys do?' He said, 'Special operations, we have a special handshake.'"

Ahh, yes. My conversation with Bo. I'd like to give you all time to think about this and consider the implications.

Also, I'd like to apologize to the person who came to this site looking for information about "The Lexis and the Olive Tree." In my former life, I did care about things like issues and I would read books and think smart thoughts, but those days are long gone. I would like to share with you all the first words that came out of my mouth upon hearing that Saddam Hussein was captured.

"Wait, were we looking for him?"