Olympics

I ended up not having to go to the doctor on Monday,or having the tutor come by. I was pretty happy. Lots of time to spend in the pretty snow (even prettier because it was the reason I didn't have to go to the doctor) and lots of time to do nothing. Including watching the Olympics.

Terrie's Olympic List:

1) I love watching the Olympics and seeing everyone win and feel so good.

2) Dun, dun, dun dun dun du dah dadadadaduh....the theme song. Love it, despite its tendency to get stuck in my head for several months following the Olympics. Or really any time I hear it.

3) I love watching less than one ski race. I'm sorry, but after a while, it's just boring.

4) Same goes for skating.

5) I like watching some figure skating, but after a while I'm done. 

6) I seem to really enjoy the death-defying events. Including, but not limited to: aerials, half-pipe, snowboard and ski cross (this is only partially excluded from rule #2.)

7) I hate all the politics. I never realized how much stuff goes on behind the scenes, with judging and rivalries and all sorts of very un-sportmans-like conduct. I am trying to limit what I read, and just enjoy the sports.

8) This is very sad and a little embarressing, but thankfully it has been remedied. Until yesterday, I had never watched hockey. None. At all. I thought it was a stupid violent game with lots of guys getting into fights. Some of that is true, like the guys and the violence, but it is also really fun to watch. And I had a good team to root for. So now my Canadian cousins won't be embarressed by me. (Although they might not speak to me if the US wins.)

9) The Olympics make me feel stangely patriotic. I root for my country and am inspired and feel other things that are normally strangers to me except on July 4th. It's a nice change. And it makes me remember what a great place I live.

10) I love learning about the athletes and feeling more invested in how they do. And knowing all their names makes me feel like I know something. Especially when I can work them into conversations. Apolo Ohno Lindsey Vonn Hannah Teter Evan Lysacek Bode Miller. Ha, one breath, and it was totally natural. Beat that.

My Life in a List

1) Snow, glorious snow. It started snowing yesterday and I think we were all pretty surprised when it started sticking, and then it started to pile up. My dad actually had to shovel the driveway. But there really isn't enough to do anything with (sledding, snowmen) so I am staying inside and singing about our glorious heating. And hot tea. And wondering why it isn't snowing more because the roads are appartently fine and my tutor is still coming. Grrrr.

2) Superbowl! My dad and I watched the whole game last night and I was pretty pumped. We usually end up rooting for different teams and last night was no exception. Although our reasons why are usually pretty random. I thought it was a really good game (onside kick in the middle of the game?!) until the end when the Colts just fell apart. I mean, even Payton Manning said that they sort of brought it upon themselves; it wasn't even the amazing Saints defense. And I'm not just saying it was disappointing because I was rooting for the Colts. It just takes the excitement out when one team loses all their energy. But on a happier note-the Saints won! I think it's pretty cool they won their first time in the Superbowl and after Katrina and everything. Now I just hope that everyone will stop saying everything the Saints do is because of Katrina.

3) Our laptop is gone for repairs and so there is one computer in the house, and I think it gets slower every time I use it. And none of the USB ports are working, so that's a bit of a problem. So, no pictures for you today.

4) I did something weird to my foot: sprained it or tweaked it or something. Now everytime it bends (in other words when I walk) I get a shooting pain up into my ankle. So I'm going around the house limping, pretending I'm not limping.

5) I'm going to get my hair cut in a couple of weeks. (Actually it's more like a month but this is important because I still don't know what I want to do with my hair.) I wanted to post pictures and get advice on what to do, but, see number 3. My hair has been pretty much the same in length for forever, and I really want to do something different. I'm thinking chin length? We'll see if I'm brave enough to actually do that.

Back to Normal Weekends

I feel very accomplished for today, because I did all of my weekend's math before noon today. And I read some history. The Civil War, again. But knowing the material certainly makes the reading go a lot faster.

My parents went for a long walk this morning, and now I am looking forward to watch the NFL playoffs with my dad.

We took down the Christmas tree and the last of the decorations. It was kind of sad, but I also feel like Christmas was a really long time ago, and that it was time for the tree to come down. We have a lot of Christmas stuff! I thought I'd show you what our tree looked like, because I thought it looked quite nice this year. (Especially with all the lights turned on. We used colored lights this year, because all the white ones up and died on us.)

I saw Avatar over break, and was very impressed; especially the quality of the picture and the amazing 3-D! I've been hearing each day as it passes more and more all-time grossing movie records. It is now the second of all time, second only to....Titanic. I thought it was a great movie, but I don't want it to become the number one. Titanic is just such a classic, and is so well-done and is a well-told story, and I didn't think that Avatar was quite at that level, story-telling wise.

Any big plans for today, or is it just going to be a lazy weekend day?

Mountain Climbing and Peach Eating

It's been a pretty low-key week. I'm on my third cold since the start of the school year (impressive, I know), but my spirits are pretty good. I'm not going to school most of the time, which has been very confusing to my school. I feel like it might finally be getting worked out, and that everyone sort of knows what's going on.

My mom climbed a mountain with two friends today. She is already in bed, exhausted. It was pretty bad weather to do anything, let alone climb a mountain over 14,000 feet.

My dad and I had fun while she was gone; football season has started (!), so we got to watch a few games while she was away. My dad played in high school, so he explains all the many, many rules to me. I still don't really know what's going on, but I know it's big when they say something like "92 yard punt return".

My mom bought a huge box of peaches on Friday and we've already eaten our way through a peach cobbler and about 10 plain ones. They're wonderful!

Tomorrow we are having a few families over for a potluck dinner. We meet every few months at a different house, and just catch up and play. It's at our house, so everything is sort of creepy-clean. (Well, my room is.) Several of them have the sniffles, which is kind of scary with my immune system being so low. I think I'll attack them with hand sanitizer before they walk in the house.

Any big plans for the weekend?