The event in LA went really well. It was so great to go back to my old grad school and speak to the students there. It felt like coming full-circle. They asked a lot of good questions and they have a lot of great business ideas themselves. I betcha I’ll be working for one of them some day. :)
I’ve been just DYING to go to the Olympics, since they’re so close to me, but tickets to the events at this point are ridiculously expensive and hard to come by. I’d all but given up my Olympic dream. Months ago, I registered for rentatthegames.com looking for a place to stay up there, but had no luck finding anything affordable that would let you stay just one night. However, by registering, I was on their mailing list. As I was hanging out with my friends in LA yesterday afternoon before my flight, I got an email from them. They suddenly had great tickets available at cost! I guess some guy’s son was supposed to compete in the men’s aerials final, but the athlete got appendicitis at the last minute and had to have surgery. So the guy was selling his tickets at cost for both the men’s and women’s ski aerial finals. Actual SEATS, not just general admission standing. I called IMMEDIATELY, thinking they’d probably already been sold. They called me right back, and I got two tickets for the women’s competition!!! I felt bad for the athlete who had to drop out, but apparently he’s 21 years old, so he’ll have another Olympics, and the spot he gave up went to his best friend, so he was at least pleased about that. And he has made ME very very happy!
Trish and I are driving up tomorrow morning. It’s extra exciting because she has a doctor’s appointment that morning to find out whether her baby is a boy or a girl. (Did I tell you guys Trish is pregnant? SHE IS!!!) We’re going to get either a blue or pink baby Olympics T-shirt depending on what the doctor says. Hooray!!! (Trish thinks it’s a girl, but I kind of think it’s going to be a boy.)
It’s going to be a SUPER long day, because we’ll drive up in the morning, spend the day in Vancouver, and then at 4pm we have to take a special bus up to Cypress Mountain. Then we have to walk like a mile in the snow to the stadium, and the event doesn’t start until 7:30. Then we have to take the bus back down to Vancouver and drive all the way back to Seattle. It’s going to be EXHAUSTING and FREEZING and I CANNOT WAIT!!! I’ve been an Olympics junkie my whole life, and I never in a million years thought I’d actually get to GO and watch an event. I AM LIVING MY OLYMPIC DREAM! Don’t worry, there will be LOTS of pictures!!
