I adore the Olympics. I fell in love with the summer Olympics in 1992. I was 14 years old. I have scrap books of that the Olympics and the following two-- newspaper clippings, magazine articles, front page headlines. I also have the Gymnastics competitions from the '92, '96' and '00 games on video.
One of the things that I have really been enjoying about the Olympics this year is that we are getting to see so many events live during prime time. That 4x100 men's relay the other night was AMAZING and it felt very cool to be watching it while it was happening half way around the world.
The problem, though, is that I don't want to miss seeing anything LIVE. So I find myself trying to keep my eyes open at 1:13 am wondering if I'm going to be able to wake up in the morning and be productive. It's crazy. I'm working late almost every night, scrambling home to watch as much coverage as possible, and drinking tons of caffeine during the day. I am going to be SO tired by the closing ceremonies.
Tonight, I expect Nastia and Shawn to go 1, 2. And you can bet that I'll be watching it live.
I stayed up to watch the gymnastics final live. I was glad I did, but it has caught up with me. I would have ended up staying up that night anyway, as Timmy decided to be wide awake until 2 AM, but still, I was exhausted the next day.
Posted by: Cathy | August 16, 2008 at 07:36 PM