I am loving the Olympics this year. All of these athletes who have geared their entire lives to 30+ seconds of performance…unreal. Yesterday was the biggest day in Winter Olympic history for Team USA. They won 6 medals, 3 gold. I love hearing all the background, heart string pulling stories NBC loves giving me (I definitely cried when Alexandre Bilodeau won the gold for Canada) and seeing all the pretty outfits these athletes at the top of their game choose to make their world statement in.
But what I really love is how quickly I become an expert on every single Olympic event I happen to catch on tv. I watched about 3 minutes of the men’s mogul event on Sunday before I was able to point out where mistakes were made, cheer along with the athletes when they completed what was obviously a successful run and discuss why the sport is so amazing. To be clear: I know nothing about moguls–I keep to the blue and green hills when I am skiing. But there’s something about the Olympics that make the events so accessible to people even thousands of miles away. Same with Men’s Snowboarding last night–the closest I have gotten to snowboarding is looking at my friend Liz’s board that she helped design. But even I could appreciate that Team USA is badass. Now I can’t wait to watch to watch Women’s Figure Skating and impress Ryan with my expertise gained from rollerblading in my basement as a kid, coming up with “programs” I forced my mom to watch and then score. To the soundtrack of “Evita”.
High Five of the Day: The nice man at Trader Joe’s who pointed me to “the best” almond butter at Trader Joe’s. Without him, I would have gone home with the same Almond Butter that always goes on my sandwiches but now, I saves a buck and have Almond Butter with FLAXSEED in it. Thank you, informed grocery shopper.