R & D on the Ski Jump

Here's some of the swag/uniform pieces we have. Background is our fleece vest. Top right is the participant medallion which all volunteers received this week. Top left (I know, hard to see) is a silverplate keychain from Birks which we received at the beginning of our 9th shift. Just below that is the pin we received at the CCC receoption and below that is the pin we received for reporting to our third shift. Our 6th shift gift was a small stuffed mascot which I have already mentioned we gave away - one to fellow marshals who are staying with a family with 3 children and the other to a fellow volunteer whom we don't know who put out the call that he needed some extras so that he could give one to each of his grandchildren. The last item is our all important accreditation and shift card. I guess I should have tried to zoom in a bit. A photographer I'm not!

So - how's our form? We both landed the jump which is exceptional for Richard in particular since he (as many of you know) doesn't like heights.

What's wrong with this picture? (1) I'm wearing glasses. I continue to have some trouble keeping my lenses in and can't afford to have a problem while I'm on duty so have only been wearing my contacts while not on duty. They have been fine for the last few wearings so I hope whatever was the problem is gone. In 30 years of wearing contacts, I've never had trouble for this long. I did go to the eye doctor before we left to be sure I didn't have an infection but he said everything was fine. (2) We didn't have time before our shift to change into our jumping suits!

Curling is on now. Our women's team has certainly had some nailbiter games! It was such a pleasure to watch the ice dancing last night. I have to admit that I enjoyed the replay this morning of Moir/Virtue more than the live performance - nerves, I guess. I liked the U.S. team's performance as well and I didn't like most of the costumes on the other teams. Way too garish!

Tomorrow is women's Team Relay - another potentially exciting race. Our 4 person team will be named today. Each woman will do 5 km, two will skate, two will do classic. For the men's relay on Thursday, they will do 10 km each.

Well, I don't want to babble so that's it for this post.