2012 Summer Olympics

I don’t know about you, but I am LOVING the Summer Olympics!! I enjoy the Winter Olympics, but not nearly as much as the Summer Olympics. Probably because, in real life, I love summer way more than I do winter! 

The Opening Ceremony was a little different this time, but I really loved it! It was very British. I thoroughly enjoyed the walk through British History. I loved the humor that it had. I loved the diversity. I loved all of the small details that were thrown in. My absolute two fav parts were the forming of the Olympic rings and Mary Poppins! The sing along at the end wasn’t too shabby either!! 

I am loving coming home every night and watching representatives from our country fight their hardest to win their particular sport in honor of our country. I love to see the emotion that over takes them when they win. I love to see their reactions as our nation’s flag is lifted above the flags from other nations, and our national anthem is played. I love the feeling of pride that I feel every time I see them.

My favs  to watch are all the pool events (swimming, diving, etc), gymnastics, and volleyball. I use to love softball too, but for some reason, they have taken that out of the Olympics. I’m still a little upset about that!! I like indoor volleyball, but beach volleyball is my fav. Coming in at a close second to the favs are rowing and water polo. I’ve also been watching some Fencing during the day online, but it kind of stresses me out. All that beeping gets to me, and I get really worked up when our guys/girls don’t stab them first! 

I love keeping up with the medal count, and feel a little guilty when I hope the other countries fail miserably (especially the Chinese!). I know their athletes are trying to do the same thing that ours are, but I can't help hoping that they mess up so we can succeed!! 

What about y’all? Are you watching? What do you like?