Olympics (the first of many Olympics posts)

Hey, I am so excited it is Olympics time again! I LOVE the Olympics. It doesn't matter that some are sports I would probably not spend the time to watch otherwise (can you say Curling?) but when it is the Olympics I will sit through hours upon hours of it. I will watch and get teary eyed at each and every medal ceremony whether or not the USA won anything. I even enjoy those sappy contrived stories NBC will show about the athletes. I love caring about people I don't know! I admit it. NBC has me in the palm of their hands for the next two weeks. (I even sat through the ENTIRE opening ceremonies. And I didn't get the whole part with the cows either.) I loved the opening ceremonies. The parade of nations is the very best part. I love those tiny countries that send only one or two athletes. What an amazing experience for all of them. I love that one lady from the Virgin Islands, they call her Grandma Luge. She is 52 years old and has been competing in the luge since 1988 for the U.S. Virgin Islands. She has such a fun story! She even has her own web site. You ought to check her out.
Grandma Luge
Anyway, if I don't post as much the next two weeks, you will know. Instead of sitting at my computer late into the night, working on homework, I am up watching all I can get of that Olympic coverage! You can join me too:
OLYMPICS IN TORINO
And if you aren't such a fan...I'll keep you up on the medal count.

As of this posting:

Norway leads with 0G 2S 2B
Germany 2G 0S 0B
Canada 1G 0S 0B
USA 1G 0S 0B
Austria 0G 1S 0B


The one medalist from the USA was in the 5000 meter speed skate. Chad Hendrick was the favorite to win. So good that he could push through all the expectations and still do it!