Your intrepid gal reporter is gearing up to fulfill her volunteer role stewarding the Ladies' Alpine Skiing events in Whistler, B.C., February 12-19. I have my uniform: an absolutely brilliant sky blue, overlaid with a very subtle shimmer pattern, makes the jacket the focal point of the ensemble. A matching fleece vest for warmer days if any, or, for under the jacket on extra cold days. A matching and rather tiny toque will be bobby-pinned to my head to keep it from boing-ing off my grizzled grey locks whenever I move. Black ski pants. They even gave me adorable matching blue long underwear tops, two of them, so I don't have to do laundry quite so often. "2010 Olympics" emblazoned on everything. What collector's items! I would never sell any of it, certainly not the ski pants, which wouldn't sell anyway, being in a men's size 3x I think---I wanted them big enough to go over many layers of longjohns, because I am a freeze-baby when I am standing around in the snow.
I ran out today and bought the last pair of winter boots left at REI, having just discovered that the only pair of winter boots we have around here date back to the Pliocene (i.e., when we lived in Minnesota and actually wore winter boots) AND they are cracked/not waterproof/hubby's hand-me-downs/way too unsightly to be seen on moi.
Now stewarding, from what I can gather without actually reading the four training manuals I have been sent, will involve being stationed at key points along the ladies' alpine courses to check credentials of folks trying to enter the "field of play," as it is known, to make sure they are officially allowed to be there, and sending them on or sending them away with Canadian-style aplomb, civility, and cultural sensitivity, which I am SURE I can handle, being a faithful watcher of Rick Mercer.
And I LOVE Canada. Especially beautiful, beautiful British Columbia. Does B.C. have it's own provincial song, you know, like we have state songs? I know Minnesota, Hail to Thee (actually I don't know if that is the state song or the U of MN's school song...). There must be a Washington state song, but I do not know it.
These are the skiers I have a tiny bit of knowledge about and will be rooting for: Lindsey Vonn, from Minnesota. For the Canadians: Robbie Dixon, Michael Janyk and Britt Janyk from WHISTLER!!!! and Emily Brydon from Fernie, BC. Go skiers!
I ran out today and bought the last pair of winter boots left at REI, having just discovered that the only pair of winter boots we have around here date back to the Pliocene (i.e., when we lived in Minnesota and actually wore winter boots) AND they are cracked/not waterproof/hubby's hand-me-downs/way too unsightly to be seen on moi.
Now stewarding, from what I can gather without actually reading the four training manuals I have been sent, will involve being stationed at key points along the ladies' alpine courses to check credentials of folks trying to enter the "field of play," as it is known, to make sure they are officially allowed to be there, and sending them on or sending them away with Canadian-style aplomb, civility, and cultural sensitivity, which I am SURE I can handle, being a faithful watcher of Rick Mercer.
And I LOVE Canada. Especially beautiful, beautiful British Columbia. Does B.C. have it's own provincial song, you know, like we have state songs? I know Minnesota, Hail to Thee (actually I don't know if that is the state song or the U of MN's school song...). There must be a Washington state song, but I do not know it.
These are the skiers I have a tiny bit of knowledge about and will be rooting for: Lindsey Vonn, from Minnesota. For the Canadians: Robbie Dixon, Michael Janyk and Britt Janyk from WHISTLER!!!! and Emily Brydon from Fernie, BC. Go skiers!
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