I Saw the Sign

When I got home from my class last night it was pretty late, almost 10pm.  I quickly tried to get Spencer settled and ready for bed, but she was pretty wound up- which translates into I needed to rock her to sleep or else she'd be up forever.  So there she is in my arms, thrashing about and struggling to regain her freedom as I silently counted to ten and concentrated on breathing through my nose. And then all of a sudden she just stopped.  Not a move or a sound was she making.  I opened my eyes to see her staring transfixed on the ice skaters from last night's Olympic Pairs Final.  Her eyes would great really wide and whenever the skaters did something she liked, she'd say "Ohhh WOW!"  And within a few minutes her eyelids started drooping and she fell fast asleep.

Now in my world, that's what I call an Ace of Base, I saw The Sign kinda sign-  it was as if the Lord Himself was commanding me to give Spencer ice skating lessons!  And who am I to question what He has clearly ordered me to do?  So just as soon as I was able so slip Spence out of my arms, I went on a quest to find a place where she could take lessons.  I can't even tell ya'll just how excited I am by what I found.  I started getting a little discouraged because all the websites for the different rinks around here kept saying that the youngest group was ages 4-6.  But I didn't give up and that's when I found this:

I signed her up as soon as I found it!  Did you see that wonderful sentence at the top? In case you missed it, it says "Join us on the ice with your Pre-Schoolers!"  I get to ice skate too!  We get to ice skate together! It's a great price AND I get to buy her a cute little ice skating outfit!! (In my heart, each of those three sentences I just wrote actually has about 50 exclamation following them, but for the sake of your eyes and sanity, I tried my best to limit them, haha!) The whole thing sounds like so much fun and I really hope Spencer likes it.  If my eight year old self could see this I think she'd be pretty pleased.
 

Bullet Point Monday

I have a lot going on today, so I have to bring back the bullet points.  For some reason it's a lot easier (and quicker) to write out my thoughts this way rather than in real sentence/paragraph form- even though my bullet points are always complete sentences and usually become a mini paragraph unto themselves.  Go figure.  So here it goes!

• I have a test tonight in Sociology.  I'm not too concerned, but I missed class last week because I was sick and I never like to take a test when I've missed the preceding class.  But since our notes are on Blackboard I have no excuse for not taking the test or doing well on it.
• Yesterday my aunt took Spencer and I to Ruby Tuesdays for lunch since my parents were out of town with my brother.  Because we had on red (for Valentine's Day) we each got a $5 off coupon for the next time we eat there!
• I made Spencer brownies from scratch in the shape of hearts for the yesterday.  They turned out quite delicious, but now all she can talk about is wanting to eat chocolate cake.  Ex. Me:  Holiday of Love Spencer, what would you like for breakfast?  Her:  Chocolate cake. This afternoon- Me:  I'm making macaroni and cheese for lunch.  Her:  No.  I want chocolate cake!  Me:  After you eat your lunch.  Her:  No No No No No!!  Chocolate cake then cheese!  Pweese! 
• I can't get enough of the Olympics and especially Apolo Ohno!  I cry every during ever single montage.  I could not control the water works when Alex Bilodeau won Canada's first ever gold medal at a home Olympics.  And it got worse when he said he did it for his brother, who has cerebral palsy and can hardly walk.  He talked about what an inspiration his big brother was to him and how he never complains about his lot in life  Then it turned into a full on, I need a tissue type of crying, when they panned onto the crowd and you see his brother standing at the finish line crying cheering like crazy, just as Alex runs up to him and they hug.  Seriously, if you didn't watch it last night, you can read about it here. But grab a tissue because it's a tear jerker!
• I got the best comment from my bloggy friend Sarah the other night and it made my day.  It was regarding my new Olympic Crush, Apolo (We're on a first name basis).  She wrote "I hope he reads your blog and takes you out for dinner :)"  Awww!   
• And now for your enjoyment and amusement- a picture of me, circa 1990, at my ice skating recital- where I had a teeny tiny solo moment, which seemed HUGE to my 8 year old self.  (Don't laugh too much!)

Parlez-Vous Olympics

That's a line from my all time favorite Olympics movie, The Cutting Edge.  I love, love, LOVE that movie!  My friend Steph and I would watch it all the time when we were in college and we can both recite practically every line.

So tonight kicks off the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC.  I love the Olympics.  My favorites are ice skating, speed skating, and skiing.  I've tried to watch curling, but I just don't get it.  When we lived in Minnesota I used to ice skate almost every day.  I'm still pretty good at it, when I get the rare chance to go to the rink.  Are ya'll excited about the Olympics?  Which are your favorite sports?