they get me with the stories

last night I was working away...frantically checking things off my to do list while watching the olympics because well, I. Love. The. Winter. Olympics. and was looking for the opportunity to take a shower. and thought to myself. 'nordic combined....I dont care about that. that sounds like a perfect shower opportunity' but then the had on the story, and I was stuck.

team USA had a chance for gold. these underfunded athletes who despite competing on skis dont benifit from any opportunities of the US ski team. these athletes who were so good that they inspired one of their team members to come out of retirement and compete at his 4th olympics and for the first time ever the usa had a chance to win a medal. ok fine. I'll watch.

open letter to the winter olympics

Dear winter olympics-

I have professed my love before. and I do not deny it today. I love to watch you for hours on end, but I am le tired. Perhaps in the future you might take me into account when laying out your schedule. Perhaps you could include a day when no events happen, so that I might go to bed before 11 just once during your 2 week stretch. I think that this would be much appreciated by many because its not just me who is feeling the effects, even your favorite athletes are feeling the effects.

please consider this in the future,

your loving and devoted watcher

p.s. yes I know that apollo claims that his yawns are a stratergery to allow more oxygen into in lungs right before a race, but you and I know he's been up watching other events as well

winter olympics + canada = best 14 days of my life.

I. LOVE. THE. WINTER. OLYMPICS.

summer 2008 we were glued to the tv watching the summer olympics. schedule printed cheering for our little americans take gold (or at the very least try their very best) I think there were some gymnastics, some running, and maybe some other stuff...we were obsessed. watched for hours on end, planned our outings around medal events. life was good.

and then there was the winter. snowboard cross, and half pipe, mens figure staking, LUGE, ski jumping, CURLING, the hilarity that is the biathlon (skiing and cross country skiing....really?), MOGELS.

and all my favorites were back...since winter olympians have a longer shelf life I believe...Bode miller, F.LOCH, shaun white, lindsey jacobellis, shani davis, evan lysacke, julia mancuso, lindsey vonn, seth wescott, apollo ono, johnny weir, and that crazy russian who won figure skating last year. and my new FAVORITE. PIPS!

ok so her real name may actually be hannah kearney. but check out those pips. I only wish I had goggles when I ride my bike so I can be pips. she is my pip-ing hero. google image hannah kearny...you'll see pips. pips on the slopes, pips at the medal ceremony the next day. she flipping loves her pip. an I flippin love her. (did I mention that ben and jerrys is making a new flavor in honor of her....what is it you ask...coffee ice cream with chocolate cookies. aka MY FAVORITE)

needless to say the TV has been on constantly from 7 till 11 (or later...thanks to vancouver's unfortunate plague ice and snow delays) forgoing my early bedtime resolution to watch one last event, these are the winter olympics after all.

AND they are in Canada.

(I can name all 13 of my providences...can you)

to grade pile

my to grade pile grew to gigantic proportions....hoping for a snow day...but not tomorrow...wednesday. I would MUCH rather teach than sit in an inservice :)