My Good Boys Eat Honey Nut Cheerios in Panama.

The weather has turned mighty cold this week, and I almost let it dampen my spirits.

I wanted to walk last night, but the thought of wind in my ears and mittens on my hands as I walked was not appealing, so I turned instead to the dreaded TREADMILL. I almost cried. I almost started drinking instead, but I did it.

My treadmill lives in my bedroom under piles of clothing. It sits next to a world map and in front of a U.S. map. It can be hard to do, but I like to study the maps while I walk/run on the treadmill. Last night, staring at the western hemisphere, I learned all of the countries in Central America and came up with a mnemonic to remember them.

Starting with Mexico going through Panama, if you remember "My good boys eat honey nut cheerios in Panama," you can remember all of the countries in order:

Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.

There you have it.

You can get back to your lives now.