Olympic Loser
Posted by Alli on August 16, 2008
Last week our family happily gathered in the vicinity of the television so we could see what the Chinese had come up with for an opening ceremony. We were blown away by the technical and artistic aspects. I waited until the United States entered the Bird’s Nest and then gave in to sleep. The next morning I watched the lighting of the torch from the comfort of my laptop.
All day Saturday the television was turned to our one Olympic station (what you get when you give up super cable two weeks before the Olympics). We cheered on the US and made Fuller see that other sports exist except Football and Basketball. We looked up athlete profiles, noting the Bronze medalist who was a homeschooler. Damon continued his Olympic tradition of finding ALL the Auburn athletes and the events they are in. It was pretty easy since the Auburn website does all the work for him.
Sunday night we were glued to the television, watching pretty much all the primetime Olympic coverage. I went to bed soon after midnight and paid dearly for it the next day.
Then Monday came. We didn’t turn the TV on until 8 p.m. and puttered around while the Olympics flickered on the screen. I eventually succumbed to bed (hey, pregnant women love to sleep). And I missed one of the most amazing swim relays in US Olympic history. Sure, I’ve seen the replays a million times now, but really, I missed it.
Every night I get to bed a little bit earlier, and I always miss something. And eventually I have just stopped caring. Which makes me feel bad, but in the end, I have to say, it is all about me. I need my sleep, I need to keep my life going. Just because there are athletes on the other side of the world giving their best, doesn’t mean I need to stop doing my best by staying up late every night and trying to function the next day.
Anyone else an Olympic Loser?
[tags]Olympics, loser[/tags]
gracie said,
Not me, did you see last night’s Michael Phelps win?
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Jennifer said,
I consider myself an Olympic loser, but I’m kind of ticked that the only event that I really LOVE watching has aired overnight (gymnastics) and made it impossible for me to watch. I saw a few minutes of the team finals because I couldn’t sleep and was out of bed watching TV at 4am.
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TOPolk said,
I can’t say that I’ve missed any event that I wanted to watch, but incase I did NBCOlympics.com has the full video of all of the events that they broadcast. For a lot of the more popular events, they have highlights so you don’t have to slodge through the boring parts. The video quality is quite nice as well.
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Aunt Lois said,
We don’t get the NBC channel here at our house so I’ve only been able to watch things on NBCOlympics.com. It has been nice to pick and choose what to watch and not have the TV on for hours not knowing when the event I’m interested in will be aired in between commercials.
Betsy said,
Yep–Olympic loser here, too. I second the gymnastics opinion (although I’m the only adult in our house who cares about that “sport”). And I’ve managed to miss most of Phelps’ medals, although I, too, have seen the replays… (sigh) But they’re still fun to watch (except for last night’s marathon which they showed in its entirety!!!–which is why I went to bed and missed yet another Phelps medal).
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