500 days!

as i was watching TV tonight, i saw that it is 500 days until the olympics! i LOVE the olympics. the first olympics that i remember watching were the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway. my parents watched the olympics and so i watched along to mostly figure skating, speed skating, and downhill skiing in the winter, and gymnastics and diving in the summer. now, during the olympics, i watch as many nights as i can for whatever sport is on.

now, the 2010 olympics were very important for me to see, as i've missed the opportunity to watch some recent games:

in 2004- i missed most of it being at camp and then getting ready to head back to college.
in 2006- i was studying abroad and out in the field when the olympics were taking place (and i don't think the winter games are widely televised in ecuador....)
in 2008- i was working at the env ed center with no tv.

and i watched it every night in 2010! 

[i'm one of those people that is totally into checking out which cities are bidding to host too]

in 1996, my dad got tickets to a basketball game early on at the olympics. and took my sister. i was crushed. mind you, i was 11, so i suppose i was a little young... but i was already in love with the olympics! [i had a two bathing suits that were made for the '96 olympics]. when my dad and sister came back, they brought me all sorts of pins and memorabilia, and it was AMAZING. 

i got a swatch watch that was designed by German figure skater Katerina Witt because i loved watching figure skating. and every winter games, i would think that i'm going to be a figure skater, and every summer i thought i would be a gymnast. [any of you who saw me perform at the gym show at camp know that gymnastics wasn't my strong suit...]

but anyway, some day, i hope to go to the olympic games. winter, summer, doesn't matter. some day.

but only 500 days til they're back! :) 


do you love the olympics? what's your favorite sport to watch?

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