The Olympics

I have to admit, I am torn with emotion about the Olympics being over. On one hand, I am glad that I will actually get to bed at a reasonable time this week compared to the last two weeks. I don't know about you, but I would get to watching them on the couch, move into my room and watch them in bed until WAY too late. I couldn't turn them off. They were addicting and there was always something else I just had to see.

On the other hand I am sad. For two weeks I only watched good things on TV. The negative portion of the news seemed to be overshadowed which was a great thing. Watching these athletes was totally amazing. What they have accomplished, regardless of how they finished or competed is unbelievable. It is inspiring and jaw dropping. I mean come on, Michael Phelps? Holy crap. What is even more exciting is realizing how amazing the Olympics are for everyone participating. It is one venue where people come from all countries and actually get along and appreciate one another. Shocking concept eh? It makes me very proud and grateful to live in a country like the US. It makes it even better when you win the most medals. :)

So who knows what I'll do this week for TV, I'm sure it won't compare.

Greatest Story Ever

So take a moment to think about this one....

Autumn teaches at The Ohio School for the Deaf. Today at a meeting with staff, she was told that on their deaf football team there would be a blind kid from The Ohio School for the Blind as they don't have a football team. (Duh?) So this is going to interesting, a blind kid on a football team where they communicate with their hands and sight. In addition, Autumn said there is a marching band from The Ohio School for the Blind.

I'm just saying.... think about this one....

We're totally going to a game.

Whew!

So I'm off to visit Kyle and Ashley this weekend. Then I've got nothing! Kyle will be home Labor Day weekend, but the next trip I have isn't till October. No, I take that back, I'm going to visit friends at the end of September. I'm glad. I'm looking forward to being at home on the weekends and more importantly, OSU football! It will be nice to be a home body for awhile. I just wish I had been able to do it more during the summer when it was so amazing out.

My Weekend

(Yes, I should be working... but it is a Monday morning, it is really nice outside and motivation did not come with me to work today...)

So Cedar Point was great. We had awesome weather, nice and sunny with a breeze, I would say upper 70's lower 80's. We went up Friday night and stayed in a hotel. Got up Saturday morning, went to Bob's for breakfast and then got to the park around 11. Let me just share with you that there is no easy way in or out of the park. We walked right on the Magnum and then did some other little rides. The longest we waited was for Maverick and Top Thrill Dragster @ 2 hours. WELL WORTH IT. Maverick actually drops you down about a 95 degree angle and it a great ride. Fast take off and a surprise in the middle, all due to the magic of magnets. Great ride. Top Thrill Dragster about gave me a heart attack. I was really nervous waiting in line for it. We had to wait even longer due to rain coming in and wind - that made it even more nerve racking. The height of 400+ feet didn't bother me, it was the 120 mph that they shoot you off at that did. (From anywhere in the park you can hear the magnets for the ride.) My friends were making fun of me saying I could go skydiving but not go on a ride where I was stapped in on a track that was anchored to the ground. (I'm not saying it was logical to be as scared as I was.) When we got on the ride I was shaking. I made my friends nervous. The worst part was waiting as they counted down and then the inital jolt of the 0-120 in no time flat. The ride was amazing, I LOVED it and would do it again in a second. :)

The only thing that was a bummer is Millinium Force was closed until the end of the day. We were waiting in line when the sky decided to open up and POUR on us. We figured forget it and ran to the car. We were on the other side of the park so we were drenched when we finally got there. It took forever to get out of the park, we had been directed to park in the back and I would say it was an hour before we were finally out. I'm not sure they are the best at directing traffic out of that place. We went to a Wendy's to change and the manager was a WITCH. She wouldn't let us back in after we went to the car to put our wet clothes and bags back into the trunk. We left and went to a Taco Bell. Best food I have ever had. It was like 10pm at this point and the last time we ate had been 2pm.

Overall the weekend was great, we're going to go back next year and maybe stay longer or go during the week. I haven't been to Cedar Point in awhile so all and all it was a great weekend, weather and bitcy Wendy's lady included.

Cedar Point

This weekend I am going to Cedar Point with three friends from OU. I'm excited. The weather is supposed to be great and I haven't seen these friends in awhile. It's also been years since I have been to Cedar Point. Should be a good weekend but I imagine I'll be tired once I get home. Oh well! :)

The First One

So today the first tropical storm hit Houston, or close to it. We'll see how mom ends up reacting, I think she is totally freaked for Kyle. Personally Kyle would be one of the first people I would want to go through a storm / hurricane with as he has all the camping supplies and stuff needed. All I care about is that his house isn't really damanged.

He put up boards over his windows and such, he had bought it a long time ago so he wouldn't have to worry. Ashley wasn't home to help him put it up (I'm not going there) so I hope he got his neighbor to help.

Anyway, we'll see what happens.

Harsh Words

While it is going to sound harsh, you may end up agreeing with me in the end. I hate people, the general public. Why? People are rude and live in their own little worlds with no compassion or consideration for those around them. You've been effected by it a zillion times. Just think about it.... The person in front of you at the store who takes forever to unpack their cart because they are on their cell phone, the person at the coffee shop who orders things for 8 people separately and then has three coupons, people who are walking in the middle of an isle or mall and stop to pull something out of their purse, someone who cuts in front of a huge line of traffic because they decided to stay in the closed lane till the last second, someone who comes and stands right in front of you when you are trying to watch a band at the Irish Festival.... I could go on. People often have no recollection of how what they do impacts others. I'm not saying people do stuff on purpose, and I'm not saying I'm perfect. What I am saying is I am appalled at how people really think they have no impact on those around them. Regardless of what you are doing, going or saying, you have an impact on others. No one seems to be awake anymore, just going about life as if they are the only ones in it. I realize no one is perfect, we all have our days, not everyone fits into this generality but more and more it seems to me that people are only worried about themselves and could care less who it impacts. I just wish at times that people would wake up a little bit and realize we're all here together and should try and take that into consideration. I'm done. My ranting and raving are over for now....