i'm back.

the last day before we came home, we stopped in BJ for a few hrs before heading to the airport. it was quick but BEAUTIFUL!

some of my teammates and i were being silly in front of the official Olympics counter FOUR years ago. i think it said 1473 days left (or some # like that) before the start of the opening ceremonies...

and here's the exact same counter this year, SIX days before the opening: (kinda cool, eh?)

as i was saying, they did a really terrific job of scrubbing the city, getting rid of a LOT of traffic, and even clearing the skies (although the smog has recently come back...)

look, BLUE skies! i've never seen that over BJ before!!

and here's the famous Bird's Nest:

if you zoom, zoom, zoomed up the pic, you can see ppl still working on finishing the construction... crazy!

anyways, i'm actually quite excited to see them pull all the stops for the world to see...!

as far as my adjustment to LA...
this wk, Saturday, Monday, and Wed nights, i laid in bed for hours not sleeping a wink, while on the other nights, i slept 10+ hrs! at this point, it doesn't even feel like jet-lag anymore - just weird-lag.

and my priorities are all off. for example, on Monday after sleeping 12 straight hours, the only thing i accomplished was getting a car wash and then hand-waxing my car. i've never waxed a car before and i had NO idea why it was so important to do so now, but i just had to do it. it took me nearly 2 hrs, but i had to do it! what's going on? there's a million other things of more importance that actually have to get done... arg.

someone come fix me!
it's strange to go from serving others 100% of the time to 0%, and it's as though my body and mind are in a complete meltdown in attempts to adjust...
at least it's good to be home.