2010 came in with a blast!

Well I see from my last blog I have not written here at all this year, and we are three months into 2010. I have missed writing about how fantastic the Vancouver 2010 Olympics were. Much to the dismay of many people I am sure. I was not really "into it" mostly because of all the political crap that is shoved down our throats on a nightly basis via the local news casts. But then the Olympics started. I could not tear myself away from the TV. I even had the Olympic results sent to my cell phone. And on my days off, I had the TV on full time to watch our great Canadian athletes win bronze, silver and then GOLD!! And win, we did!! We took the most gold medals, even if we did not "own the podium" (whatever that was all about).

While my favourite sport in the Olympics to watch is figure skating. my true emotions came flooding out when Canada won the Gold in Hockey. Beating out the Americans was oh,,, the next best thing to chocolate (or shoes). I was at work and we had the game on. Hockey is really not my favourite thing to watch, but I soon found myself mesmerized. I could not take my eyes off the TV. And when the US scored 24 seconds before the 3rd period ended, I thought I was going to cry! As the very tense overtime period started, I found myself, along with two other co-workers standing below the TV (which hangs from the ceiling) with my hands up to my face. I guess I thought that if by chance the US scored again, I could quickly cover my eyes so that I did not have to bear witness to the defeat. Well when Sidney Crosby scored that final goal, I along with everyone else in the radio room started to scream!!! Yes, me the non hockey person, screamed not just once but two or three times. I jumped up into the air (well okay, just a couple of inches up into the air), and showed my true Canadian spirit!!!

I followed all of the athletes when they won their bronze, silver and gold medals and shared their wins as though they were my own. I shared in my heart, the disappointment for those who did not bring home a medal. It was throughout these amazing Olympics that the naturally reserved Canadians came out in all their red and white glory to show the world their pride to be a Canadian!!