A Jaunt to Nashville

Yesterday my parents and I headed down to Nashville to visit family friends, shop, and weather permitting, we'll explore Belle Meade Plantation as well.

As a side benefit, I got to do some knitting (finished 1/3 of the first of a pair of socks) while watching the Olympics on TV.

I saw the Chinese win gold and silver in pairs figure skating, American Seth Wescott win his second gold medal in snowboard cross, and Alexandre Bilodeau receive Canada's first gold medal on home soil. It was great, and I stayed up later than I should have to watch (then woke up excessively early this morning).

It's tough not to get migraines when traveling because of the many stressors that are an inherent part of the process. I had to take Midrin again before dinner last night but thankfully stayed well. Great dinner at Macaroni Grill.

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Location:Franklin Commons Ct,Franklin,United States

Miscellaneous

I did a bit of everything today--

• errands--prescription pickup, library book returns
• chores-- fell UP hill after retrieving an errant wind-blown garbage can from the "valley" plot next door-- not painful but had to launder my mud-smeared coat
• knitting-- a lacy ear warmer headband using leftover yarn
• gardening-- the armchair planning variety-- thinking about building, filling, and planting raised beds
• movies including An Affair to Remember for Valentine's
• Olympics-- video snippets of yesterday's opening ceremony

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Winter Olympics Soon!!!

I LOVE watching the Olympics-- winter or summer, just about any event. My favorites are the figure skating, snowboarding, slalom, and in the summer, gymnastics. All of this is really funny, because I am NOT a sports fan. But the Olympics are special-- the suspense, the patriotism, the heartbreaking and triumphant stories!!! LOVE IT.

I don't have cable TV so in previous years a friend at the library kindly videotaped events for me. But this time, I don't have a VCR to watch recordings-- just a DVD player. Well, it finally occured to me that with YouTube and all those "modern" developments, some company would probably have the rights to show Olympic footage over the Internet. I was even prepared to pay something despite my unemployed status-- after all, the Olympics only happens every two years.

As it turns out, there's a free Olympics app, and it's SO cool!!! Right now as athletes are making their way to Vancouver and settling in, they are posting messages to a Twitter-like function within the app. There's lots of info on the events, the teams, etc.-- and all beautifully organized and presented. I can hardly wait for it to begin!!!

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