8/8 The Olympics

August 8, 2008

The Olympics Opening Ceremony. . .we were looking forward to it all summer. Then we looked forward to it all day. We even allowed the children to stay up to watch it since school hasn't started yet. Finally, at 7:30pm we started watching the ceremony on TV and after only 15-30 minutes the POWER WENT OUT!

We were so surprised. We worried about our food and lack of air conditioning. However, after finding out that the power would likely be out until 11pm we sent the children to bed. The power came back on around 9pm, and we saw some of the parade of nations, but it went out again after 15-30 minutes again. Then it came back on for good around 10pm or so. By then, I went to sleep and Jason stayed up to watch TV.

We missed the entire ceremony--I mean the good stuff with all the performances. http://www.nbcolympics.com/ Luckily, we were able to watch the highlights online. It was amazing! All of you who got to watch it. . .LUCKY!

Also. . .in Chinese, the number 8 is "ba". Today is 8/8 so it's baba. Baba is also how you say father or dad (with different tones from the number 8), so today is Baba day or Father's Day. Happy Father's Day to all you fathers!