Battling the pounds

I don't know about the rest of you, but i sure have noticed how hard it is to keep the weight off after getting married. It just seems to come on gradually without me really noticing that anything is wrong. Then one day i check my weight and I am flabbergasted by what i read on the scale. I start to think how did this happen and realize that each month i put on 2-3 pounds...not much...but sooner or later it all added up. So, i've decided to do something about it by exercising. My aunt recently showed me a dvd put out by "Biggest Loser" and i've been doing that here and there. I know i need to be more committed, but so many days i just don't feel like doing it. Anyone else struggling? Maybe we need to encourage each other in the pursuit to be fit and healthy.

The Interview...

Well, we got back this afternoon from our trip for Tom's interview. Tom thought that things went well. Now, we have to wait until mid-march to find out if Tom got accepted into the program or not. He did find out that there were 152 applicants for the DPT program and of those, 70 were given invitations for interviews. So, 70 people (including Tom) have interviewed for 28 positions. Just wanted to thank all of you for your prayers. The drive over there was treacherous through the bad storm we had yesterday. It was just crazy driving through a thunderstorm in the middle of February with the temps hovering around 33-34 degrees. We arrived at my aunt and uncle's house where we were to stay the night, and found it to be quite dark. They had lost power to their house because of all the ice, but fortunately they had a generator that provided power to some of the house. So, it was a rememberable trip to say the least. Now we just rest in the Lord and what He has for us.

Interview day is approaching...

Time is flying by and the day of the interview is almost here. Tom and i will be taking off on thursday night in order to get a good night's rest and be ready for that Friday 8:45am interview.
It is hard to believe that tom has been working for the past 3 years for this moment. The first time he applied in 2004 for the 2004-2005 school year, the school lost his letter of recommendation (which we didn't know about until august) and therefore, he didn't get an interview. When we found out that they didn't have the letter (that he had already sent), he re-sent the letter and hoped that maybe a position would open up. But that did not work out. It was after that year that the school changed their requirements to get in. So, Tom has been working to get his GPA up to a certain level in order to apply again. And this is the week we get to put all that hard work to the test. It would be easy to become frustrated and mad at the school if we did not know Who controls everything. But we know that nothing happens by accident and that God has a plan for us. Needless to say, it's hard not to be nervous about the whole thing, but we continue to remind ourselves of Who is in control.
We do appreciate all the prayers.

Little known fact....

When it comes to video games....tom and i are hooked. I think it has to do with the fact that we were that original generation of gamers as children. What i think is so cool is that Tom has games on the computer that i used to play as a kid on Coleco Vision and games from Atari 26oo that he used to play.
Of course we do have the ps2 and enjoy playing games such as Rachet & Clank, Ty, Spyro, and some others. Crazy, i know...most people probably wouldn't see me as a gamer, but i just can't help myself.