Quick update before I get started:
Thanks to many of you for the sweet texts, calls and messages about my dad. He got an okay report, but more than likely we're going to get a second opinion. When your surgeon says, "We won't do the surgery until you experience shortness of breath, chest pains and black out", it's not super encouraging. One would think that doctors would be all about preventing black outs, but apparently this one is not.
Okay. So today we are going to talk about one of the most important things in my life. No, it's not my prized Bon Jovi Hatch Show Print. It's not my Harry Potter collection. It's not even my John Wall autograph, but at least we're getting warmer.
It's sports.
As with most things there are great sports and there are silly sports. Great sports would be college basketball, college football, hockey and kickball (I'm pretty much the best player on our team. Quit laughing.) Silly sports are golf (even though the pants are entertaining), baseball (I'm sorry, but unless you are watching the game live, not many things are more boring than watching guys stand around in tight pants waiting for something to happen...shout out to the scoreboard children though!), and wrestling (do I really need to explain?). We are lucky that the Mayans didn't predict the world's doom earlier than December because this summer is host to the Olympics! Only once every four years do people decide to care about the discus, female weight lifting, and curling (is that still a thing?). Millions of people all over the world will be riveted to their tv screens watching the best of the best compete to show the world who really is the best.
The Olympics infuse almost every American with patriotism normally only showcased on the 4th of July. We watch together, high-fiving eachother when the USA brings home another gold, as if we had some part in the accomplishment. Oh yeah, because I wore my lucky socks Michael Phelps totally won that race. Although, if the Olympic trials are a glimpse of what is to come, we should maybe insert Ryan Lochte's name in there instead. Perhaps Phelps should lay off of the $5 footlongs at Subway and practice a wee bit more.
I can't wait for the heartwarming stories of athletes overcoming adversity, the excitement of a race that comes down to the last one hundredth of a second, and hearing the first few chords of The Star Spangled Banner as our athletes receive the gold.
And since it's in London, there are bound to be many many Prince Harry spottings. As if I needed any more incentive to watch...
Q: Did you play sports when you were little?
A: Yes, I took gymnastics for years and played softball.
Q: Who is your favorite athlete.
A: Any UK basketball player. Except Daniel Orton.
Q: If you could win an Olympic gold medal in any sport, which one would you choose?
A: Ping Pong
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