Notre Dame

What a whirlwind of a weekend. We arrived in Chicago Friday morning and drove into South Bend, Indiana home of the Fighting Irish. We were welcomed to Indiana with snow. I mean lots of snow, more than I have ever seen. We spent the day Friday looking at the campus and then going to the pep rally. We ventured out to some local bars that night. On Saturday we went back to campus to check out some more sights and then to the game. We arrived at the stadium and found our seats. The bleachers were covered in snow. Our feet sat in snow for the whole game. Nothing could prepare us for how cold it was. I think the temperature was about 21 or 22 degrees. It was freezing. We shivered through the whole game and found that the bathrooms had heaters so several trips to the bathroom were needed to defrost. It was an amazing experience despite the cold and the score. We ended up losing the game but to get to do something I have always dreamed about it made up for it.

I am still alive!

Where have I been? Not too sure. I finally got settled in to the new place with new couches. It was a pain to get the couches delivered but I finally got them. I'll first update the weight loss game. Well it has been ok. Learning to accept that this if forever has been hard. I have been really getting to eating more of what I want and working out and maintaining. I would like to lose about 10 pounds to be totally happy but it has been hard. Well I can't say really hard because I haven't really been eating right. I continue to go to they gym. I enjoy the gym more than I ever thought possible. It becomes addicting. I guess if I am going to be addicted to something the gym should be it. I thought the other day about how long I have been doing this. On December 29 it will be a whole year. That is crazy. I can't believe that I have put my mind to something for almost a year. I have to think about how some people can't even do it for a month. So I have set a goal for December 29th. I want to get these 10 pounds off by then. All along the way I have set little goals and figured setting another one would be helpful. I also thought the other day how blessed I am to have met so many different people. By going to the gym and weight watchers I have met so many different people that have been so encouraging. I had a lady stop me yesterday at weight watchers to tell me how inspiring I was. Inspiring??? It makes me keep going when I hear things like that. So you never know who is watching and listening to you and what difference you are making in their lives. Well I will be better about updating the blog. I am going to a Notre Dame football game in 2 weeks. Everybody knows that all my life I have been dreaming of doing this. This is my ultimate Make a Wish trip and I can't wait. I will post pics when I get back.