Half way through

We are a little more than half way through the Olympics...and there isn't much else to write about on the blog. We are trying to enjoy the beginning of track and field, though the past few nights they weren't even showing it on TV until really late. Tonight it has been on some. The gold medal (not overall medals, but gold medal count) appears about every half-hour on the TV, in the subway, on the radio, etc. China is definitely established itself way ahead of the world and is very proud of it.

The big news today though was one person who won't be winning a gold medal for China now- the 110-meter hurdler Liu Xiang. His race has been the most looked-forward to and he is the highest profile Olympian in China and the nation is truly in shock and upset that he is injured and will not compete. I felt sorry for him- he has lived such a tightly controlled and high pressured life these past 4 years since his first gold medal it seemed almost impossible to live up to. The news kept showing his coach literally sobbing at a press conference. I am guessing a lot of tickets might open up for tomorrow night's 110 meter race now. I am watching the news again and it is showing his limping off the track today for about the 100th time since 4 pm this afternoon since the first time I checked the news today.

In other news, I am writing on the blog tonight because the Dell computer guy did not come today or call, after waiting at home all day. Chris stayed up late last night backing up everything and when he does come we will probably be offline for a few days getting everything re-installed.

This week Chris has quite a few more events (baseball, indoor cycling and wrestling finals) and we both will go to track and field Friday night and the gold medal baseball game Saturday.

As fun as all this Olympics is, it will also be nice to get back to regular life in another week.

Well, that's all the news from here