Disappointment

There is a show out there called Princess Bride. It was made a long time ago and it is very funny, but I've been thinking about one dialogue that is in that movie this weekend and it goes something like this.

Masked Man and Spaniard are fighting in a swords fight and this conversation is going on during their fight.

Spaniard: "Who are you?"
Masked Man: "Noone to be triffled with."
Spaniard: "I must know."
Masked Man: "Get use to disappointment."
Spaniard: (shrugs shoulders) "Okay." goes on fighting.

I am most interested in the Spaniards reaction to being disappointed, he just shrugs it off and continues. I need to use this in my own life. I wish I could shrug off disappointment better in my life and just continue with what is at hand, because we all know that there will be disappointment in our lives. Case and point this weekend.

Some friends of ours invited our family to go with them to Park City and stay in a house that they have up there. It sounded like so much fun and we were really excited. The only vacation that our family has taken this year was a weekend up to Rexburge for the forth of July and so I was excited about any opprotunity to do something different. Seth was taking the older three children to the BYU football game and then meeting us in Park City after the game was over. We got all packed up on Saturday and I was waiting for Ella to get up from her nap. She gets up and I am thinking that she feels a little warm. I call my friend who says come up anyways. I of course didn't argue because I really wanted to go. I am about 15minutes from our house when I hear Ella whimpering in the back, I look back and she has thrown up all over herself and the car seat. Needless to say I bring her back home get her cleaned up and spend the rest of the day comforting a sick little girl. I didn't take this well. I was upset, mostly because these type of opprotunities don't come along very often for us and I knew that it would be a long time before we would have another "vacation" for our family.

Did I need to get so upset? No, I didn't, because the next day she woke up just as happy as can be and no fever and looking great. We ended up going to church and then just heading up to Park City right after and having a great time. I need to know that things will work out and if they don't you can still count your blessing because I know I have many. Trying not to think that the sky is falling is my main problem. I hope to work on that.