random olympic moment......

ok, so my friend gail did not meet me at the hub this afternoon at 3:00 as planned.....turns out she quit earlier on......and was not able to make another plan with me.......i did happen to run in to david's parents....a pleasure in that i do not run into them often....and they are such fine folks......these days i appreciate people that i have known for a long time......i recall meeting them at the home of mutual friends when andrew was a baby...and before david was born......but i idgress from the games......i ended up at home before i had intended to be home....and decided to walk on the treadmill.......an activity pleasantly interrupted by birthday greetings from my second born......and when i turned ont he television it was for the ending of the women's 30k cross-country freestyle race......30k=about 18 miles.....byw......and in the lead pack were women from russia, the czech republic, poland and norway....and they all looked just exhausted.....and the woman from poland looked to have the advantage over the favorite from russia and allthesudden the czech willed herself ahead and over the line......and then she collasped onto the snow, followed by the czech( for silver) and the russian( for bronze)...everybody was down.......and then......a little bundle of pink toddled out to her mom ( the gold medal winner)as she lay upon the ground....as if to say....mamma...its over....let's play.......it was a tear-jerker moment........turns out the russian also is a newish mamma.......such a touching bit of reality for friday afternoon television that i won't soon forget.............