Short on time here this morning, but OMG. Did anyone see the end of the Ladies' Free Skate last yesterday?!?! After my posts recently about high level athletes and their sacrifices and discussions about if it's all worth it....well, last night it most definitely did NOT look worth it! If you haven't seen the story,… Continue reading omg Olympics
Tag: olympics
Spectacular
Wheeeeee that was fun to watch last night!! Chloe Kim on snowboarding halfpipe= GOLD Nathan Chen on figure skating= GOLD They were both absolutely spectacular. That's the only word that kept popping into my mind. SPECTACULAR! (I like that word. It sounds like a definite step up from "great" or "amazing". Spectacular is up there… Continue reading Spectacular
Late nights + a happy kid
ARGH the Olympics are killing me here. I'm ready for a western country to host the Olympics so the coverage can be in MY time zone!! hahahaha. The last several Olympics have been in Asia which obviously means a HUGE time difference. It actually doesn't work out too bad from China, because our prime-time viewing… Continue reading Late nights + a happy kid
Saturday in pics
Saturday was nice. We had only one "anchor event" at 9:15, which was Ethan's basketball game. After that, we didn't have any plans. I did make a list of like 7 things I wanted to get done yesterday/ this weekend...but I ended up checking off only 2 (so far). The weekend isn't over. 🙂 However,… Continue reading Saturday in pics
Follow-up/ good at life
Ooh, some great comments yesterday on my post about Nathan Chen/ the idea of him being "good at life"/ uber talented at everything, apparently! I was going to respond individually but figured I'd just comment back publicly in a new post. The main underlying theme from most people seemed to be a sense of skepticism… Continue reading Follow-up/ good at life
Good at life
So the Winter Olympics kick off this week! The opening ceremony is actually on live right now, as I type this, in the other room. I feel bad for these athletes, in some ways. First of all, we just had an Olympics. So I feel that some people who normally are really into the Olympics… Continue reading Good at life
Today/random
Today: Today looks like a day I will definitely need to utilize some time blocking. I have several obligations sprinkled in that I need to schedule my work around. We are also closing in on a deadline at work. We need to have the kidney transplant data complete up to a certain point hopefully before… Continue reading Today/random
Soar like the eagle you are :)
In honor of the Olympics kicking off today (Opening Ceremony is on live right now!!) AND Asher kicking off Day 1 of the Wisconsin 12&Under Long Course State Swimming Championship meet this afternoon, here's a little inspirational story I saved the other day. (I have heard other, simpler versions of this story, but I like… Continue reading Soar like the eagle you are 🙂
Friday 5: Random
5 random things I have either done this week or been thinking about: The Olympics I am greatly looking forward to the Olympics starting next week! Opening ceremonies are Friday, July 23. I am pretty bummed that there won't be any spectators, though!!! After the whole delay thing last summer, I was really hoping, for… Continue reading Friday 5: Random