Junkies...

This week has been particularly tiring – Miri has been sick with a bronchial infection and her Dr. has her on oral steroids and nebulizer treatments - i.e. this child is HYPER! She bounces around like a little monkey, constantly gets into everything, and is a chatter box – if you don’t acknowledge her right away she will repeat herself over and over and over again until you do. Naps have been few and far between and bedtime seems to get later and later. Throw that in with the fact that Ryan and I can’t seem to turn off the TV until well past midnight and you have 3 very tired and cranky people in the mornings! After another night of being up past midnight Ryan and I have to accept the fact that we are junkies – Olympic Junkies that is. I LOVE the Olympics – both summer and winter, once I start watching them I can not turn them off – even for sports I normally wouldn’t watch and for sports I do enjoy watching (swimming and gymnastics) I sit glued in front of the TV, I analyze at commercials in other words nothing gets done. Laundry is piled up, the house is messy and getting up to go into work in the mornings has gotten harder and harder as the late late nights add up. But in my mind it is totally worth it – after all we only get to watch the Summer Olympics every four years!

I have been a little disappointed with the IOC – I can’t believe that they let the Chinese Government that also over sees it’s sports be in charge of issuing those passports for the LITTLE GIRL gymnasts. I bet the conversation went something like this:

Head Gymnastic’s Person: We have some very talented girls that could win gold at the Olympics, but they aren’t allowed to compete b/c they are two young. I guess we will not be able to guarantee a gold for the People this time around.

Government: Nonsense – we are the BEST and our country is hosting those girls are women, not too young at all, see I issue passport saying that they will be 16 in 2008. Now win us a gold or face life in prison…..

Head Gymnastic’s Person: Of course we will win gold! And in 2012 we will win again – our gymnasts can stay 16 for 4 years – no problem. All the westerns think we all look the same anyway no one will ever know the difference…….

Ok – so maybe I took a little liberty with that conversation but you get the point. Team USA might have only won a Silver in the team competition, but last night our girls showed the world that they truly are the champions and the BEST – going Gold and Silver in the All Around is such an accomplishment not only for Lukin and Johnson but for the United States Gymnastics program as well. WELL DONE!

The only other complaint I have about the IOC (to date) has to do with beach volleyball. Compared to what the women wear making the men wear shirts is a crime! I think the competition would be better enjoyed (by women throughout the world) if the men were shirtless. Maybe I need to petition the IOC about that…..