Olympics

Gotta love that Wild Wonderful Woman's Wednesday a few days ago!! I managed to actually watch the Canada-Russia hockey game. Normally I find those things extremely stressful, vacillating between hope and despair as the two sides trade goals. But this was such an amazing game... with great plays by the Canadians... So it was great! And icing on the cake was the women's bobsleigh, gold and silver... and the women's short-track relay, silver... and the 5000 m women's speed skating, bronze... What a day! Now, this is getting posted on Feb 28... and is being written on Feb 25... so who knows what may come in between those two dates... Women's hockey... men's semi-final hockey... curling... all sorts of possibilities for medals... and more medal ceremonies too... As I was driving to the airport today, I just had this thought that a whole country is bursting with pride today... But, here at the airport, there is the typical subdued Canada spirit... everybody burstng on the inside... but not really showing it on the outside... We can be proud, but not too proud... That's Canada for you... We beat the Russians at the Olympics for the first time in 50 years and.... well... we take it in our stride!