IT'S HERE!!!!!!

I have a confession, I'm a total Olympics geek. I can remember back as far as the 1988 Olympics, and being so angry because my other family members wouldn't let me watch women's gymnastics. I guess it's easy to be overruled when you're the only 1 out of 6 kids in the house that wants to watch little girls fly through the air with the greatest of ease. And during the Barcelona games, I refused to go to the car races (a huge thing for us at the time) because I didn't want to miss the women's event finals in gymnastics.

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But now I'm the ruler of my own remote, and I can watch as long as I want! I have to admit, I haven't turned off the Olympic coverage since the competition began on Saturday morning. I guess the opening ceremony was cool, but as far as I'm concerned, it's just a big waste of time & money, because all I want to watch is sports! I spend hours & hours surfing back & forth between the NBC channels, and have even been known to make lists of what's on which channel so that I don't miss anything. Like I said, a total geek.

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I remember during the Athens Olympics, I swear my husband wanted to leave me. He got so frustrated that the only channel I would ever watch was the Olympics. He is interested, but not completely rabid like I am. So in the evening when he would go in the other room to watch normal TV, he wouldn't see me until the next morning when I again would be watching Olympic coverage!

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I can't eat, I can't leave the house, and I definitely can't sleep. I might miss something! But I think I might be converting Andrew. Last night he actually called me & asked me to record the swimming portion of the program. He thinks Michael Phelps is a stud. I don't care who the athlete is- as long as they're from the good 'ol USA, I'll sit on my couch & cheer loud enough for them to hear me all the way over in Beijing!

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Only 2 more weeks and then I'll have to wait 2 whole years to experience this again.

I LOVE THE OLYMPICS!!!