Moustache March Madness finally came to an end, for me anyway. My prolonged stint of shaving-strike culminated with BYU’s loss to the Gators, and the next day I surprised my wife on her birthday by removing the terrible-looking growth on my face. I don’t regret it, obviously.

Braeden and I are in the process of finishing our deck in the backyard. My two-year-old is getting pretty adept at handing me screws; instead of intently watching my every move (with me reiterating that he get his head out of the way so I can drill), he now plays facing the opposite direction. When I say “screw, please!” he says “Got it!” and hands it to me from over his head, not even bothering to look. It’s hilarious.

I am training for an Olympic triathlon (1500 m swim, 40km bike, 10km run) for the end of June. I’m several weeks into my program and it’s pretty intense; I suffered my first injury (turned my ankle GETTING OUT OF THE CAR) yesterday, but hopefully in a couple of days I will feel good enough to run on it again. That’s ok, I need to focus a little more on the swimming anyway! The workouts are totaling about five to six hours a week so far, and will gradually increase over the next three months. It’s definitely the most intense and consistent working out that I have ever done!

I can’t wait for the warmer weather. I’m got plans to take Braeden and Steph camping (probably just Braeden a few times, too, to give his mommy a break); kayaking always will make the list, along with fishing; we are going to take a lot of exploratory drives, too, since Steph will be pregnant until September! I hope to start taking pictures again, too.

I just got a calling as the Young Men’s Secretary (assistant scoutmaster), which I am really excited about! I’ll have to figure out exactly what that entails, but either way I am stoked to finally have a calling again. Work is not taking up as much time as last year since we have more staffing so I’m not on call every week any more, and I am enjoying it more as I get to know my job better and accept new challenges such as precepting some of the new nurses that are coming on. I’m still banking on being able to switch to the UCC/ED soon, but it’s pretty sketchy trying to figure out when or if that is going to happen.

We find out in two weeks what we’re having! It’s good to know all of the OB docs so well (I work with them every day), even if all of them are good so I’m not concerned about who will be delivering our baby. We’re trying to get some vacation time in before the baby comes, but it’s not looking very promising yet. Mountain Home is a great place, though, and my schedule lets us have a few days off at a time so we get to spend some good time together!

Well, I know that this is a boring post, but I’ve had a really hard time lately trying to figure out what to write. Maybe if I start writing more often, I’ll start at least entertaining myself again (you know it’s bad when you bore yourself with what you write, haha!).