We won gold on Canadian Soil yesterday in Men’s Moguls. For those of you reading this post, you already know that as you are all following the Olympics. One of the question of the days that I asked our workforce was which sport would produce our first gold. Most people choose mogul so I guess we expected it. It was interesting on the tv coverage last night that the one reporter, in talking to the Luge athletes, asked whether this was as important to athlete as it was to our nation. Interesting reply that to the athletes, it wasn’t as big of a deal. As they said, they knew we could and expected to win gold as that’s what they have been doing the past year in the world cup circuits. But a moment in history for Alex to savior nonetheless… Rumor has it that he is going to try and get his brother onto the podium tonight. Will be an interesting victory ceremony in Whistler tonight and I’m just happy that we’ve won our first gold.
Well, the sun came out yesterday which makes this city even more beautiful. Irene and Uwe decided to get me a transit break and came into UBC yesterday so I got a ride home. They were in a local pub watching the China – USA game along with some other tourists that couldn’t get tickets to the game. On that note, if you see empty seats in the stands, that is likely the athlete, coaches section. Both UBC and CHP have 2 sections set aside for athletes of the teams in the tournament along with coaches, team administration, and IIHF members. So for some games, especially when we are done the round robin, you’ll see the other teams in the stands.
Today is Monday and then I get two days off. The alarm going at 5:45 or earlier will be a welcome relief come tomorrow. I’m going to catch up with Cheryl VN tomorrow afternoon for maybe a round of nine holes (sorry girls, I had to put that one in)…. In today’s photo gallery will be some pictures of the scenery here and the puppies next door. I got here just in time to have a little fun time with them and the three adult dogs next door are how I get my dog fix. Along with the dogs I meet on my walk when I drive in.
The best part of my day – I have to thank Uwe for the Valentine chocolates…. and the german licorice…. that was in my trailer when I got home.
The worse part of my day – hmmm… if I to pick something, I’d say it was the rain in the middle of the night. It absolutely poured here last night and into the morning… if it was snow, I would have been stuck…..
February 17, 2010 at 9:30 pm |
Hi Shelly, Wayne here from MRU. How are you doing? Sounds very exciting their. I wish I could have stayed longer. Back to work but trying to watch as much coverage as possible. Keep up the Good work. You mentioned you we’re taking a couple of Days to go look around. Have you been to the Swiss House on Granville Island. Not sure what it’s like but it’s not far from your Site. By the way the Pups are very cute. Take care. Wayne