LOTR

In my sophomore year of high school I came across the movie The Lord of the Rings.  Ever since I saw it for the first time, it has stayed my favorite movie.  Even as I am writing this, I am watching it with my wife and friends.  Back in high school, when I saw the previews I thought it was going to be so dumb, but once I saw the movie for the first time I totally loved it.  I went on the read the books, and the Hobbit book, and I have watched the movies countless times.  If only the attention to detail could have been put into the recent movies The Hunger Games, then they would have been something.  I totally can't wait for The Hobbit movie to come out.  So excited!!!  On another note, I took the MCAT this Saturday, and I don't know how I did because you do not get access to your score for at least 30 days.  I will report back in 30 days.  Wish me luck!

March Madness

It's too bad that the Cougars couldn't be a part of the madness of march.  I guess we were part of it for the play-in game, but that just isn't the same.  One of the best times of the year for a basketball fan is March, because of the wonderful tournament that comes to College Basketball every March.  The college basketball tournament is the best playoff sporting event.  On any given night the small town, no name team can beat the Goliath's of basketball.  How cool is that?  And I get to be a part of it from my living room.  I have been to two different March Madness tournaments a couple of years ago, and I saw Karl Malone there (which was cool).  Anyways, with the upsets of Duke and Missouri in the first round, this has potential to be one of the greatest March Madness tournaments that I have been a part of yet.  I love this time of year!!!

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I realized something in church today.  The Elder's Quorum President got up and talked about how one of his hobbies is flipping motor cycles.  He buys them cheap, fixes them up, drives them for a while, then sells them for usually twice as much as he bought them for.  This past week he had wanted to buy two different motor cycles and flip them, but his wife didn't feel good about it.  He said that at the time he was really emotionally driven, and that he was set on buying the motor cycles.  When he heard his wife tell him that she didn't feel good about it he had a strong feeling that she was right.  I learned what a blessing it is to have the gospel in a good marriage relationship.  The experience the Elder's Quorum President shared made me think of my marriage.  I pondered whether or not I embrace the Spirit in my marriage.  What a wonderful blessing it is to have the gospel in our lives.

DMU better and better

Remember how I said that I won't get accepted anywhere until I take the MCAT? Yeah, I was wrong. I got accepted to Des Moines University already. Woohoo! We are so so excited. Also, they told me I don't have to take the last two physics labs, which means that I will be done with school in June instead of August. And that's awesome because my wife and I will get a summer vacation now. They are also giving me a scholarship. It is so so wonderful. So for now, we will be moving to Iowa in July. We are waiting to hear from Arizona still, so we will see what happens with that. Lastly, I postponed my interviews to Ohio and Temple because I would rather go to Des Moines over those two schools. So unless something crazy happens with Des Moines, I probably won't even bother interviewing at the other schools. It. Is. Awesome.  Hooray for graduate school (and quite possible no life for the next 4 years)...