When I was a kid and the Olympics happened, they were on the TV 24/7.  None of this delayed broadcasting for maximum audience and the good edited story, it was live.  It makes me crazy to see Olympic downhill skiing at 9:30 pm.  How can it be daylight in Vancouver and night when it’s happening on TV????   Vancouver’s time zone is one hour behind us in Colorado…

 What I love about the Olympics is seeing folks follow there passions.  These people are laser focused on their goals – they are the elite of the elite.  I appreciate the dedication to their dreams while at the same time, I would never want to follow in their footsteps. 

 These folks do not live a balanced life.  They are obsessed.  Frankly, they could not be the elite athletes they are living a balanced life.  They are absolutely and completely focused on perfection – winning the gold.  Perfection and balance are in a way, mutually exclusive.  Balance is often discovered when you abandon some imagined perfection…

 One of my favorite Olympic sports is curling.  My husband teases me that I like best the overweight, chain-smokers with small brooms on ice…First he exaggerates the negative stereo-types – absolutely.  But, he is right; the curling competitors are not usually examples of supreme physical health.  I like that these folks look like regular people and seem to have fun.  Maybe I could do that…Now where is there a curling league?  Switzerland?  Olympics 2016 could my year.

 My other favorite winter sport is the biathlon.  Amusingly it is almost the antithesis of curling with its elite fitness – a combination of target shooting and cross-country skiing.  Insultingly, even though the biathlon aired yesterday during the day – it was delayed to fit NBC’s tv schedule.

 Hey NBC – stick to the relentless skating at night and play the events live!!!