Time Well Spent

It’s been a week and I’ve watched a whole lot of the Olympics.  I have apologized several times to Pete, since this is definitely not his thing.  He’s spent a lot of time this week on his computer working on his genealogy….I guess it’s a fair trade.

So, some comments regarding the Olympics…..

I’ve been a huge fan, all my life.  Now, at my senior age, I’ve noticed some things I probably didn’t pay attention to in the past.

First, ice skating, of all kinds, has really changed as far as I’m concerned.  I really don’t care for a lot of the music that the athletes chose to skate to.  Some of it is Rap, how do you skate to Rap?!! Another thing I noticed, across all forms of music, is that they throw their arms around a whole lot more than they perform with their feet.  Sorry, in my book that is not skating, even though technically it is. 

Too many hours on Curling and Cross Country Skiing.  That gets boring after 15 minutes.  Curling especially, cause in my case I don’t understand the game.  Karen tried to teach it to me a couple of times.  Actually, took me to her curling rink in Wisconsin and on the ice.  I did it, but never understood the rules of the game.  As far as I can tell, it’s a rather complicated game. 

Still love down hill skiing, snowboarding, all that stuff.  So exciting to watch except when they lift someone off the course by helicopter.

Also still love ski jumping, wish I could do it just once, to feel flying through the air that way, would be magical!!!

The TV stays on, even when I’m not in the room.  And I try to stay up later than usual, but I’m not good at that.  At some point the body just takes over, regardless of my intent.

We’ve got one more week to go.  Luckily, this is not a busy time of the year.  I get to sit in front of the TV as much as I want.  And then I’ll have to wait for the 2028 LA Summer Olympics.  That should be good!!!