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?


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