My Olympic Moment

I knew that blogging good things about the Olympics would bring me good karma. Joey scored some sweet seats for the D-backs game tonight, and while we thoroughly enjoyed the game, something else eclipsed the victory as the highlight of the night.

Sometime around the 7th inning we noticed all kinds of commotion in the section next to us, including cameras and a guy from Fox Sports News. We couldn't exactly tell what was going on until they announced, "Straight from Beijing, China, please welcome two time Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor." Sure enough, she was on our row just across the aisle. Everyone went crazy cheering for her, especially when she pulled her gold medal out of her purse. After that, they couldn't keep the aisles clear because people kept coming over trying to take her picture and talk to her. Poor lady, I actually felt bad for her.

Security escorted her out at the end of the game, and she went to sign autographs. We were right behind them, so we figured why not wait and meet her. We only had to wait about five minutes to get her autograph and meet her. Joey got a picture on his cell phone, which I will post as soon as I figure out how to get that up. He was too close to get me in the picture with her, but that's okay. So now you know what Olympic sport I would probably choose. I really love watching gymnastics, but if I could choose to be an Olympic athlete, I would definitely choose volleyball, and hope that I would gain a few inches in height too! I loved watching the beach volleyball. You might not know that I actually played a few years in high school, but I'm way too out of shape to play now.

Anyway, it was the highlight of the night for me :) And what girl wouldn't idolize someone bold enough to offer her backside for the president to slap?


(For the real story on this picture, go here.)

Kendall Learns the Truth about Bras

Hmm, I think I'll try on this bra that I found while my mom was folding laundry. I want it on the real way, underneath my shirt.

Darn straps, they're hard to keep up.

Nevermind, that's way too uncomfortable. I'll go back to playing with my toys and pretending to be an Olympic swimmer.

The Olympics

I have so much to catch up on with this blog, but I could not let my ugly photo stay at the top of my page any longer! I figure since it's the first day of school, I have to at least do one thing for myself today as I enjoy the peace and quiet that comes with only having one kid at home.

So I was up last night after everyone else was in bed and I turned on the TV to fill the silence. The Olympics were on and I literally stood up yelling and cheering all by myself during the men's 4 x 100 freestyle relay. It was so exciting! It was one of the first times I've been able to sit down and really watch since they started, and it reminded me of how much I love to watch them. Here's some of my thoughts on the Olympics:

*They're only every 4 years, so you don't get sick of them. As opposed to most other sports that you can see pretty much every day of the week. I often wonder why we see so little of certain sports except for during the Olympics, but it does help to make them more exciting.

*It is so amazing to be reminded of patriotism and how great our country is. We spend so much time disagreeing about so many issues that the Olympics help unify our nation, even for just a short amount of time. (Immediately following the Olympics, we have the political party conventions to divide us up again right away, don't worry!)

*Even though the Olympics encourage healthy rivalry with other countries, I think it is great to see people from around the world, reminding us that no matter where we come from, we are more alike than we are different.

*Olympic pet peeve: When the media spoil the results because of the time difference. I'm glad to see that MSN's homepage (also my homepage) allows you to hide the results if you don't want to know yet!

*The dedication of the athletes is astounding, and it reminds me that my goals are attainable also, if I am willing to put in the effort to attain them.

*My first Olympic memory: Mary Lou Retton. Resulting in several attempts at gymnastics, which I never really stuck with. But I could do a mean cartwheel back in the day.

*One thing that I don't like about the Olympics is how much attention is given to the end result. There are sometimes hundredths of seconds separating winners from losers, and those same hundredths of seconds determine whether someone goes down in history as the best ever or leaves them relatively unknown for all their accomplishments. Of course everyone loves to win, and I get that, but I do always feel bad for the losers. Maybe I'm just still bitter because I really wanted to be either the valedictorian or salutatorian of my graduating class, but I ended up as number 3 instead. I mean, they don't even give a title to number 3. I think I'll call it bronze from now on.

*By the way, if I was an Olympic athlete, what do you think my sport would be? Come on, leave me a comment and if you say Sumo wrestling I'm going private and not sending you an invitation.