The Pre-blog

Ok, this is my pre-blog. It’s 12:34 on August 21stand I am just waiting for the phone to ring. I am either one of 20 happy people or one of 15 disappointed people. I guess if I am a disappointed one you’ll never see this pre-blog. Being in the top 35 was exciting.
Going to the assessment and meeting a few of the contestants has been awesome! Just getting to be involved in making an effort to be healthy is exciting. Are you old enough to remember that ABC sports intro for Wide World of Sports when it said you’d experience “the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat.” That’s how I feel right now. The testing and paperwork has been done and we are awaiting the scores from the judges. I have met some really wonderful people and I am looking forward to the next experience in the process. Picked or not picked and waiting for the phone to ring is a long process and it’s silly because you jump every time the phone does ring and it’s not the call you are waiting upon. I think being one of the judges must be worse because choosing between 35 great candidates and picking 20 has to have been a tough job for them. Once this step is over we go on line and then it’s up to you the WDAM viewer to decide the outcome of the competition. If I am selected as one of the 20 this will be my first blog posting because I want you to know how honored and humbled I am to have even been considered much less selected. I hope as the weeks pass by you will support me and root for my success in the competition. To the my sons, the doctors who signed my permission slip, the FGH Wellness Staff who processed us through the assessments, my co-workers and friends who have supported my decision to participate in this competition. I just want to say—Thank you. Martha Parker Oh yeah the phone rang at 4:30 PM and as you can see I am one of the 20 happy people. YIPEE!