I'm distracted today. Last night I bought a plane ticket that will make one of my life dreams come true.
I'm going to the Olympics.
I am Olympics super-fan, so it's been hard for me to keep from jumping out of my seat all morning. This trip is part of my 2010 travel revival and it's even more special because I am actually doing something that is very near the top of my life's to-do list. Seven years ago when Vancouver won the 2010 bid, I said (out loud, I swear), "I'm gonna be at those Olympics." And now I will be.
I may not be able to wrangle tickets to a single event but I am optimistic that, at the very least, Picabo Street and I can grab a drink with and we can watch the Super-G in a hotel bar together. Here's a fun fact about Picabo that only her close friends and people who have looked her up on Wikipedia would know: Picabo competed on Nickelodeon GUTS in 1994. Gold medalist, pshh... she had a chance at that glowing rock. The AGGRO CRAG, people!
Two very realistic Olympic dreams of mine that did not come true:
- After the Lillehammer Olympics in 1994, I wanted to be a professional ice skater (but not like Tonya Harding, who is too scary for words).

- After watching Cool Runnings, I wanted to be a Jamaican bobsled team.











