The Olympics Part One

With work slowing down a bit (perhaps for spring break), I decided I would sneak out for a quick trip to check out the Olympics in Vancouver Canada.

I have basically been out drinking every night since the Olympics started with the exception of Sunday night (my liver objected, and then my brain objected after the loss). I went to 2 hockey games, 3 victory ceremonies, curling and figure skating. I even got to take clients out to one of the victory ceremonies. This on top of working remotely a fair bit a lot (and in some cases when I get back to the hotel at 11pm...) is taking it's toll.

Saturday night definitely wins the random story award. I went to Ceilis which is a bar on Granville St (Party Central for the Olympics), so even though I budged in line, I still had to stand in line for a good 45 minutes. By the time I got inside, the girlfriend I went to go meet was leaving, and my guy friend was so drunk that he poured a beer on me, and doesn't remember even seeing me that night. I ended up hanging out with other friends inside the bar, because I was sooooo not going home early after all that. I left to go back to my hotel around 1:30, and this guy on the street handed me a ticket to Club Bud. You can only get into Club Bud if you're a bit of a celeb (there was a legit red carpet I walked - no big deal). Anyways turns out the guy works for the PR company this is pretty much running the Olympics, so he hooked me up with his coworker's phone number who was managing the media at the Bay (which is stupid hard to get into - 2hr line up minimum). I got to go through the media entrance to do my shopping which would've been really cool except that there's nothing left to buy. I bought a little boys hoodie and that was it.

Second place random story goes to my curling adventure. I went on Wednesday to curling with one of my girlfriends. We ended up sitting next to a guy that plays a recurring role as a fire fighter on Greys Anatomy. No. Big. Deal. I haven't actually checked that he's in an episode yet, he claims episode 6 of this season, but either way I'm going to be pumped.

The significant other gets into town the day after tomorrow and we're doing Valentines this weekend, so I got him two pairs of yoga pants, one to make up for the ones I ruined in the flood, and one so he can have yoga pants that live in NNYC. He said whatever he got me was on hold somewhere... me thinks he hasn't actually picked it out yet hahaha.