Canada Vs. Russia Here I Come

That's right I'm heading to the Canada / Russia Olympic men's hockey game! J and J and I ended up with a set of quarter final tickets in our olympic package and it turns out to be this game! Now my brother thinks I should sell my ticket and make a ton of money (which I probably could), but I didn't come out here to sell all my tickets.

I ended up not going to the victory ceremony last night (even though I had a ticket). The first one I went to was fine and I'm glad I went, but I didn't feel the need to go again. Megan's friend was in town for the olympics and didn't have tickets to anything so I gave her my ticket so that should could experience some of the olympic fever first hand. Now, I did not realize at the time that Canada would win gold yesterday in Ski Cross and that I would miss the raising of the Canadian flag and a stadium singing our anthem. Instead I was with my brother's family and was giving my niece a bath. I guess I really am pregnant because I'm not all that upset about missing the victory ceremony.

Tomorrow is the gold medal women's game: US vs. Canada and that's what I'm really looking forward to.

Vancouver has been alot of fun, but I am looking forward to getting home and seeing my babies (apparently I did not leave them enough food - thanks Christi you are the best!!!). Of course, I'm not looking forward to going back to work. It's been really nice to have this time off and just relax.

Men's aerials was definitely a highlight this week. Excellent commentary throughout the event. The best of all the events, I'd say. It was really cold, though. After over a week of beautiful weather out here in Vancouver the temp started to drop. We were sitting on metal benches and they were chilly! We were supposed to be going to women's aerials tonight, but we'll be at the hockey game instead.

We've seen a ton of curling. I believe we've been over there 4 times and still have the bronze medal women's match to attend. My favourite part of the games has been at curling - Norway's Pants! (pics to follow)

Gotta go to the game!

Speed Skating, etc.

After the Whistler event, we had to rush to get to speed-skating back in Vancouver. The bus driver turned on the air conditioning half way back to the city and it was soooo cold on the bus. A ferry ride and another bus got us to the Pacific Coliseum. I will not say the bus got us close. I'm really surprised by how far away the buses are from the actual doors we can get in to the events. The buses were not stopping at the stop near the entrance to the venue so we had quite a bit of a walk to get to security and then another walk to get to the doors. So far, UBC Thunderbird arena probably has the best seating (ie enough room to not feel squished).

We missed the first event of speed skating, but did get to see 500 m women's short track and Canada won silver. We also saw the men's relay semi-finals and the men's 1000 m heats. Very exciting with lots of crashes, false starts and disqualifications. There was some stupid guy in the stands who kept yelling after the racers went to the start (even with all the notices to be quiet at the start of the race). The entire place starting shhsh'ing him. If you ever get a chance go see some short track speedskating live.

Yesterday I had a day off due to my snowboarding half-pipe tickets being cancelled. Apparently the conditions for standing room were dangerous. So, Jason still had the day off (since he was going to go with me) and we headed to the aquarium. Fiona loves the fish. We saw the sea otter (my fav) and the beluga whale show.

A nice relaxing day and a gorgeous day. We are having beautiful weather here in Vancouver and Megan, Fiona and I are about to head out for a walk while the sun is still out.

Tonight: my first men's hockey game. Norway vs. Germany.

Not green

I'm up at whistler for cross country and found out that the only way to get water up here is to buy bottled. Green olympics my ass. If you aren't going to give me an environmental option don't make me dump out my water before I come into the venue. Really not all that impressed. Not enjoying this event at all - plus the guy on the jumbotron is a moron.

It is gorgeous up here, though. Actual snow at an Olympic event.


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Vancouver update

Van is awesome! But finding it very difficult to leave the house to get to my Olympic events because my niece is way too cute. I'm already dreading the day I fly home to Toronto.

Womens hockey has been awesome so far. Curling was very exciting this morning. Canada goes to an extra end and makes an awesome shot. Everyone was on their feet! Icing on the cake - Germany beats the US.


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First event

Tonight was our first olympic event - womens hockey, Russia vs Finland. Very exciting game, lots of checking, lots of crazy shots on net. Most of us were cheering for the underdog Russians. But it was very hard sometimes as they played very poorly. Their goalie was phenomenal, though! The offense hung back at the blue line, no one went to the net.

After the game we went out for some dinner and the restaurant was showing the NBC feed instead of a Canadian feed so we didn't get to see the gold medal mogul run. But we were certainly cheering during the hockey game when we heard the curse was broken.

Now I'm stuck on a bus heading back to my brothers. The US VP (Biden) just drove by and so no one could drive down the street and the bus isn't allowed to make any of it's regular stops for a couple of blocks.

I'm very much looking forward to bed. Tomorrow more hockey - womens: Sweden vs Slovakia.


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Vancouver update

Julia, Jana and I flew into van yesterday to begin our Olympic odyssey. The flight was great. I had 3 seats to my self and was able to take full advantage of westjets live tv. I had tsn and ctv Olympic coverage going on my TVs and was watching luge, ski jumping, hockey and speed skating (and checking out the protest every so often).

My brother met us at the airport which was awesome. The trains packed up pretty good before we got to our stop. Elevators were handy with all our stuff.

Jason and I walked around and got some food and then headed back to his place. Everyone looks good and Fiona is crazy energy girl. She loves to climb so we spent alot of time climbing up and off the bed (well she climbed and I laid on the bed). She's still super cute.

I fell asleep during womens moguls but woke up in time to see Canada win silver. Then off to bed for some much needed sleep. I was up until 4:30 am before my flight getting work done and up at 7am the day of our flight. Hopefully I'm all rested up and can now get into full Olympic mode and keep up with Fiona.


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Double entries

So I don't update for forever and now i'm duplicating entries. Slight technical difficulties with the iPhone.

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Baby update

Well it's not so much an update as it is the first post on the baby. I found out I was pregnant a couple of months ago but haven't posted because i was so crazy tired. The second attempt at donor insemination worked. Which is really lucky as it can take years of trying.

It was interesting and weird to pick out a donor on line. But with much help from family and friends I finally picked one and starting in July we'll see how I did.

Crazy tired and nauseous for the first three months. now I'm tired because work is insane. I definitely have a belly going on and can no longer fit in my old clothes. Thanks to friends I have lots of new clothes to choose from.

The ultrasounds have all gone well and I've heard the heartbeat and seen the babys hands.

Expected due date: I'm going with the last week in July. As every doctor gives a different date.

I'm hoping to be more regular in my update now, but who am I kidding?

Baby update

Well it's not so much an update as it is the first post on the baby. I found out I was pregnant a couple of months ago but haven't posted because i was so crazy tired. The second attempt at donor insemination worked. Which is really lucky as it can take years of trying.

It was interesting and weird to pick out a donor on line. But with much help from family and friends I finally picked one and starting in July we'll see how I did.

Crazy tired and nauseous for the first three months. now I'm tired because work is insane. I definitely have a belly going on and can no longer fit in my old clothes. Thanks to friends I have lots of new clothes to choose from.

The ultrasounds have all gone well and I've heard the heartbeat and seen the babys hands.

Expected due date: I'm going with the last week in July. As every doctor gives a different date.

I'm hoping to be more regular in my update now, but who am I kidding?

Olympic Fever

Well, it's been awhile but I'm going to try to update the blog throughout the Olympics. We head out in a couple of days and I can't wait to see my brother! I've gone a little crazy on the Olympic gear and can't wait for our first event (Sunday).