Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Something else that has been bugging me....


Um, the Olympics are in China. Yes, it's where my daughter was born. Yes, we have a Chinese flag in our house. Yes, we cheered on a male gymnast from her province (he was from Wuhan to boot, where we stayed to get her!). Yes, Julia knows that she lives in the United States. Yes, we rooted on Micheal Phelps for his quest for gold. No, I don't condone the way China trains it's athletes. No, I don't always agree with their human rights policies. No, we don't talk about China and it's government. No, I don't really care about the ages of China's athletes and whether or not they are legal. Yes, I thought the picture of Spain's basketball team was offensive.


Let's just celebrate what the Olympics are. A gathering of some of the greatest athletes in the world, coming together to compete. I personally am soooo tired of hearing all the (OFFENSIVE WORD WARNING!!) BULLSHIT about China and what it's doing that I want to get a shirt that says, "Don't talk to me about China!".


China is where Julia was born, it's special to me and to Wayne. China means more to us than most anyone will know. I'm grateful and thank God every day for Julia and to a countrys that allowed us to bring her here. Julia wears her stars and stripes on July 4th. She also like to wear red and yell, "Ni Hao!!" Now, let's just enjoy the spirit of the Olympics and leave out the politics. Thanks!


Yeah....so WIFI isn't always WIFI

Camping was cool. Had a great time with my family (again). The campground has WIFI, however, when you have 2 MASSIVE motorhomes in the way...it's not so good. LOL! Yes, I am spoiled. Yes, I am lazy and didn't just take my laptop closer. Ehhh...I think I needed a break from blogging, facebooking, myspace and Yahoo messenger. I didn't miss those things really...although I did check some email on Wayne's phone. (No, I can't go COLD TURKEY from my technology!) Anyways...as things calm down (Cam has football starting 4 nights a week next Monday, and I'm trying to figure out if I want to coach 2 soccer teams...), I will post pictures of our little trip and different things.