Why I love surgically enhanced country music stars.

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” –Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton is kind of my hero. For some reason I’ve always loved her, and if you don’t agree you should google her immediately and learn about all the charitable things she’s done for people in the area of the South where she grew up. She’s a kickass lady, really. It was my plan today to just post a random quote from her with no explanation as a way to get out of my daily post, but I discovered that quote and found it appropriate to my crazy bad mood today.

Yesterday evening involved a broken water heater, missing landlord, being bitten by a neighbors dog, mean stranger, broken cell phone, crawling through tumbleweeds, and all around unpleasantness (which was previously detailed but I decided to edit this and delete all my whining). Basically, it’s stupid, but it made me really grumpy. I thought working out would make me better, so I tried the elliptical but my foot was still hurting and I ended up quitting after only a mediocre workout. All in all I just ended the day in quite a horrible mood for a variety of reasons. But hey, as I told my sister, “It’s just a broken water heater, it’s not like I have cancer or anything.”

So then I find this random quote from Dolly Parton and think to myself, “Self, that’s very true. This experience will just make it all the more enjoyable when you manage to track down the landlord and have hot water again. Also, some people don’t have fresh water at all, so shut up and quit whining.”

Another reason I love Dolly Parton? She also said, "It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen." That Dolly Parton, she’s a smart lady.