If you know me at all, you know that I love the Olympics more than most. In college, I made my roomates watch the figure skating finals with me and commanded that they 1) pay attention 2) get excited  3) watch till the end, even if it meant they were tired in class and 4 ) love Dick Button's bizarre comments as much as me.

It comes as no surprise that the Olympics right now have become my main focus. Last night, I watched all 5 hours of programming. Im not ashamed. So, as my "gift" to you, being the self proclaimed Olympics expert that I am, here's my thoughts so far.

1) Bob Costas is as charming as ever. It would be my dream come true to one day join him in the  "IBC"

2) Brendan Hansen winning the bronze over Kitajima and saying " This is the shinest Bronze medal you will ever see" was one of my favorite moments. Tied closely with the American women winning the silver in syncronized diving.

3) What is with the Fab Five's ponytails?? Im glad they've toned down the use of those metal clippies that Shannon Miller was oh, so fond of, but please pull the ponytail ALL the way through (like Jordyn and the entire Russian Federation) or put it in a bun.

4) The gynasts make it look so easy that I acutally got on the floor of my apartment last night and tried to do a handstand. Call me the flying squirrel, or elephant. Your choice.

5) Oh, Bela Karolyi - still as awesome as he was in the days of the magificent 7.

6) The olympics always remind me of one of my best friends Danielle. We realized early on in college of our co- LOVE of the olympics. There are few people who can name all memebers of the magnificent 7 at the drop of a hat and be willing to imitate Keri Strug wtih you.  And years later, we can read each other minds even 800 miles away during them.

Allie's Big Day Off

I'm a nurse. I work three nights a week. Yes, that means I have four days off a week. However, when you are me, those days seem to disappear without warning, like today.

I worked last night so I got to bed around 9 am (a little late, greys anatomy season 2 sucked me in) and slept until 1. My plan was to go to the gym, get my haircut, and then get some errands done until dinner plans at 730. The day started off well. I did get to the gym and did the stair stepper until my legs fell off. But I did not plan my time well, so stinky Allie had to go get her hair cut without showereing. I stopped on my way to dunkin donuts where I had to repeat my order 4 times. FOUR. Once I got my correct order, I was on my way

I arrived at the hair salon at 415 for my appointment and was greeted and informed that the hot water heater was broken, but was being fixed so the wait would be a little longer. No problem. They had an ample supply of US Weekley's so I was very entertained while learning how Katie is doing post Tom split. Finally, after about 45 minutes the new heater was in but was still going to take 30 mins to heat up. I told them I could probably just use the cold water. I lied. The water felt like I was taking a shower in the Arctic so I decided to just wait it out. To make an already too long story end, I left at 630. Yes, over 2 hours.For a trim. The same haircut I have had since high school. By the time I got home it was 715 (yay atlanta traffic) and I had not showered or eaten all day. I cancelled my dinner plans on account of being stinky and fussy.

However, they did give me a free shampoo for being a patient customer. So that is what I do with my days off. Mabey I need more than four a week.