Winter Olympics

I love the Olympics! There’s just something so amazing about them. I love the edge of your seat competition. Plus, there’s nothing greater than cheering on your own country as they take on other athletes of the world. It’s probably weird that I get emotional whenever I watch them. Especially when the theme song of the Olympics starts playing…chills! And of course when USA wins gold & the national anthem plays as that red, white & blue flag is raised…I feel so proud…I can’t imagine what the person who won a medal actually feels!!

Last night was an unbelievable night of competitions. first Shani Davis won gold in speed skating. earlier in the day, women's alpine took place...what an event to watch! the mountain was quite dangerous & many of the competitors crashed due icy parts...luckily no serious injuries! i was texting back & forth to my bff Kristin the whole time...both of us on the edge of our seat when it came time for Lindsey Vonn to take her run down the bumpy track! but despite incredible bruised shin from a previous injury, she pulled it off & Lindsey Vonn took the gold! then in men's half pipe, Shaun White rocked it on his first run having the highest score. then everyone did their 2nd runs. Shaun was set to go last. by the time it came for him to do his last run, he'd already won gold cuz no one beat his score! so he just made his last run for fun & it was insane! what a risk taker!

I think it’s awesome that most Olympic athletes are just normal everyday people who happen to have an amazing talent. There’s just something different between them and professional athletes…mostly the millions of dollars the pro’s are paid. I think it boils down to a pro athlete plays a sport to get paid…whereas an Olympic athlete gets paid for playing a sport. Sure that sounds like the same thing…but one of those seems more humble than the other.

I wish I had a least 1% of the talent Olympians have. But I was never meant to be an athlete...ask my friends! as much as I'd love to be apart of something so great as a competitive win in a sport i love, that's not a path i was meant to take. I’m more content with cheering on the team. It may sound weird but i thrive on encouraging others. watching someone work so hard to achieve something so great is exciting. seeing the outcome unfold is nerve wrecking & exciting all at once. plus i like to yell really loud so that's a good outlet for that!

Random blerps:

I love office supplies! I could spend days & millions of dollars at an Office Max! staplers, erasers, pens, hanging files, calculators, computer paper, plastic floor mats, dry erase markers, paper clips, desks with sliding trays for the keyboard! AAAHHH! oh i could go on forever about my love for all things office supplies but i don't wanna seem too nerdy! oh...you mean it's too late for that?!

speaking of office supplies...i recently found the rubber band ball i started college. and yes i only bought the large bag of rubber bands so that i could make a rubber band ball!

I think my mom bought me the Cottenelle toilet paper only because it has the Labrador puppy on it...heck that's probably why I'd buy it too.

Figure skating to so fun to watch only for the outfits & for making up my own commentary...and it happens to be on right now...so I've got to go focus my attention on that! aka be entertained!

good night & have a pleasant tomorrow!