Last night I didn't get back to school like I thought I was. Weather conditions were not ideal for driving down the highway so my roommate and I stayed at my house for the night. We watched the US women's figure skating championships and then a few episodes of Friends. The figure skating was amazing. I love figure skating so much. When my sisters and I were younger we used to figure skate in the unfinished part of my basement. We would wear rollerblades and skate around the ping pong table that was placed in the middle of the room. It was so much fun.
I was really sucked into the story of the top two favorite skaters' rival. The girl who was the favorite to win and then promptly head over to Sochi was Ashley Wagner. She is actually from my area and went to the same community college I took biology at one summer. Wagner's rival, Gracie Gold (ugh you would have that name), was a surprise front runner in this competition. The other day was the first part of the competition and while Wagner finished in 4th place Gold had a spectacular routine that catapulted her to the first place. NBC had a little piece about their rival and it was really interesting. I kind of hope they both go to the Olympics so we can all see how their rival evolves. Well, they both performed their longer program, or "free skate", last night and once again Gold skated with incredible grace (ha) with one little slip-up while Wagner fell twice and fell short of placing. I'm on point with the puns today. If only I were talking about ballet.
The costumes were beautiful and so was the music. I can't wait for the Olympics!
Until next time,
Caroline
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