July 2nd, 2012
July, July / we both wake up so dry
“Is your birthday in July?” “No…it’s in September.” “Then WHY do you have a RUBY?! That’s MY birthstone!”
—Anna Josephine, 5yo…oh of course ; )
(OK not really. The title, that is. Or maybe? But not as dry as the rest of the country, or as it was earlier, I guess.)
JULY! July. July, you are great. Let’s be friends.
THINGS THIS UPDATE WILL BE ABOUT (in no particular order):
1. Gabby/gymnastics!
2. HEAT
3. MTV’s Awkward.
4. Birthdays on July 12
HEAT: I love it. I love the heat. Jeff hates it. I’m sorry Jeff. I am soaking it up. I soaked it up literally at Richfield pool yesterday too. God I love that pool. And at hot yoga on Saturday with crazy Ka-Mei. Yoga is amazing and crazy. HEAT!
But I am very very sorry about the very scary fires and drought and terribleness in CO. Oh man.
MTV’s Awkward.: This show returned last week and Jeff and I were way too excited. Whatevs, yo. We totally forgot it was renewed! ANYWAY. The point is this. The main character, Jenna, who is 16, has a “blog”, which she assumes no one reads. (Sounds familiar?? hahaha. It gets better.) And in this episode, someone leaves a COMMENT on her blog and she FREAKS THE F OUT b/c who the HELL is actually READING this thing?! And her friends are like, well is it public? And she’s like “well yeah. It’s the Internet. It’s public.”
Which is like me. AHAHAHAHAHAHA oh dear.
GABBY/GYMNASTICS!!!!: I basically live tweeted (and texted, w/ Diana and Cole) this last night so no need to rehash, but yes, this is exactly the team I thought they would send, and I’m pretty excited about it. I am really nervous for Gabby (making it through to AA finals, that is; I am so freaking proud of this athlete it’s creepy, she’s just so funny and open and interviews so hilariously. And how can you NOT love to watch her on floor! She lights the place up, honestly!! It’s so incredible to watch her from 2011 where she was ehhhh OK to now where she has this magnetic personality that changes EVERYTHING. OK end Gabby adoration [for now]), newly lukewarm on McKayla (I mean, honestly girl, can’t you hit?? even if you can vault), and way into EB Price even though she’s only an alt. AND I hate 5-gymnasts-only (and 2394732984723 track people/swimmers, WTF!)! I wish we could take event specialists (e.g., McK, Anna Li, etc.) and THEN ALSO a team (where we would leave McK behind). Alas. It is not To Be.
Anyway. It was a really emotional Trials. I don’t even really like Becca and I felt SO bad for her, and even for Nastia (Diana has zero sympathy haha). And sad to see Alicia nail it but know it’s not enough. Alas. And then the girls came out crying aaaah! Such a young young team, youngest since 1992?!, and men’s team too. Hmmmmm. 27 days until Oly prelims, let’s stay healthy gymnasts.
BIRTHDAYS ON JULY 12: Michael. Heidi. And Chloe from my little class (not my cousin), who turns 5.
HBD wayyyyyy early, all!