This past weekend was chockful of two things. One, I had a visit from a cool blogger. Two, THE OLYMPICS.
To start with, Kyria came to visit me on her massive cycling road trip!! For those of you who don't know Kyria, she is currently doing a massive trip on her bicycle and I was lucky enough to host her on Saturday night. (Also, you all should know her because she did a guest post for my anniversary celebration.)
Poor Kyria was greeted by a dog who was losing her shit because a) Hannah has a documented hatred of bicycles, so bringing Bob into the house created some dog drama and b) Hannah apparently has a (newly documented) fear of people in bicycle helmets with lots of bags. I guess? I don't know what her issue was. But we bribed Hannah into liking Kyria with lots of sweet potatoes and chicken and Hannah then became the calm, sweet dog that she is when there aren't bicycles and accessories around.
And then we watched the Olympics. More on that below.
And then we went to eat at one of three passable restaurants in town. She missed Friday Fish Fry, but I'm hoping someone in the Midwest will make sure she experiences a full fish fry while she's here. After that, we did a tour of all seven cows and we got ice cream at the local ice cream stand.
The next morning, Kyria got to join me and Hannah on our regular Sunday morning off-leash walk at the middle school. The thing is that I roll out of bed and walk the dog in whatever I wore to bed. I don't brush my hair or put on a bra, so I'm going to show you photos of this, but don't judge me. I just got out of bed!
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| Good framing here. You can see the scoreboard. |
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| Hannah looks really worried! LOL. She is wagging her tail, though, so it's not dire. |
Anyway, that was a blast and Kyria is as lovely in person as you might imagine. I hope we're able to meet up again soon!
But! I know for a fact that my reading and blog posting is going to take a dramatic decline in the next two weeks because of the Olympics! You GUYS. There's fencing, diving, gymnastics, and archery. There are fancy horses, boat races, shooting sports, and this guy:
Sorry, friends. I can't comment on your blogs. I have to watch Nedoroscik warm up for his 45 seconds of fame.
It's been a long time since we watched an Olympics because of reasons. The last one I remember was 2012 in London. We felt terrible about the political conditions in Sochi, then Rio was a mess for the people who lived there, I don't know why we didn't watch the Winter Games in South Korea, but I suspect I was too busy dealing with LIFE, we though the Japanese summer games were irresponsible re: COVID, and then there were the Beijing games and we had more issues with geopolitical issues. BUT! 2024! France! No COVID! It's FINE and I can enjoy all the events*!
*I do not care for all the events. If it has a ball, I will not watch it. I'm talking about basketball, tennis, water polo, etc. Blah. Boring. I also find swimming and running sort of boring to watch. Eh. Whatever. You'll find me over here debating the finer points of dressage and horses dancing.
Are you watching the Olympics? What sports do you enjoy?
