I love the Olympics. I have never been as into them as I am this time around. I love it. The swimming, the diving, the running, the gymnastics, etc… I have beenglued to the TV almost every night for the past week or so. Everytime I watch I am so amazed at the athletes, they work soooo hard for so long to compete in these games. It is amazing. You can see it in their faces, the drive, the desire, to be the best in the world. I can’t imagine the feeling of winning a gold medal. Knowing that you are the very best at something, better than 6 billion other people. That is amazing! I tell ya, watching the Olympics has been quite the motivator for me to get to the gym. I think I will take up pole vaulting, who knows maybe you will see me in 2012.

Some of the sports seem just silly to me though. Like Badminton, thats a game you play at a barbecue or a small gathering. Im not saying it shouldn’t be an Olympic sport, I was just surprised to see it I suppose. This afternoon I was watching synchronized swimming with my momma and the ladies just looked so silly! Like not human, it was hilarious. But when I think about it you have to have such amazing strength to so something like that. All of the atheletes in the Olympics have such incredible strength, I think thats why I love it so much. Even the tiny Chinese gymnasts (who btw, could not possibly be 16, maybe 12, and thats even a stretch, but don’t get me started); they could probably pick me up and twirl me around while eating breakfast.

There are some athletes you can tell that are so grateful and so excited to be in the competition. Other athletes you can tell think are God’s gift to the world. I love it when people like that loose, is that bad? I was watching one of the women’s races and a 21 year old girl from Jamaica won totally unexpectedly, Shelly-Ann Fraser. She was a youngstar against a bunch of veterans but she won. The smile on her face was so big and her excitement was so apparent. It made me smile and tear up a little because it was clear that it was probably the best moment of her life.

Man, I love the Olympics. I think they should happen every year. Well, maybe not, I need sleep!