tidbits

Halleluejah, my work travels are finished for a while.....I went to Waco Thursday and came back yesterday.   They were good meetings, we got a lot done...I'm just glad to stay put for a while - I've had a trip a month since April!  As of now, I have no more work trips until the conference in February.

The Olympics wrap up this weekend and I have to admit I'm glad.  I enjoy watching it and learn about sports and other countries during the coverage, I also stay up too late to watch the coverage, which of course they put at the end of the broadcast - they know what they're doing when they put the coverage together, its all tape-delay but they make us wait til the very end for the big sports....

With two weeks of coverage, they have a lot of airtime to fill and so they show all sorts of things you've NEVER wondered about.  A few of them were interesting enough to me to share, especially the ones that answered questions I'd had..

- How do the horses get to the Olympics?  (this was a question I had)

They are FedExed!  I couldn't believe it, but they are.   They each get their own shipping container and they go by airplane.   They suffer from jet lag too and have their own Olympic village.


- Did you know that they have someone score and record ALL of the national anthems?  I had no idea.    Some of them might never get used, but they are ready for them!

I know there are other facts I learned, but those are the ones that stick out in my mind.

Hard to believe, but K's summer class has only one more week  and he's already set for 2 classes in the fall!!    I also can't believe that Texans football starts today!

Have a great weekend and stay cool!