Once in a Lifetime Opportunity

Riley, Kieran, and i are sitting here watching the closing ceremony for the Olympics....hard to believe this is being watched all aournd the world and it is only 15 miles away!
Last night-Riley and i were fortunate enough to be able to go and watch the bronze and gold medal games for women's basketball....i was in heaven! to be there to see all those US women play and to witness them winning and receiving their gold medals---is something we will never forget. Riley hooked us up with the ticketes and we were fortunate enough to go with our head of school (he has his own car and driver) which was a BIG deal for us b/c we would have NO CLUE where to go! There were 16 others at the game from our school-sitting in a different section-but most of us are Americans--many from Minnesota. Being able to see Taurasi, Leslie, Bird, Smith, Lawson, Parker, and the other women was GREAT! Plus-most of the men's team was there to watch so we got to be in the same vicinity as some of the best basketball players in the WORLD!
The medal ceremoy was very touching-being there listening to the national anthem as your country's flag is raised really moves you-i can see why the tears often flow freely from the eyes of the Olympians! we took MANY MANY pictures and my goal is to figure out how to get them off our camera and onto the computer so we can share them with many of you!.....i am ashamed to admit we have not yet done this EVER with our new camera. It seems simple ..just a matter of doing it!
today was relaxing--all four of us went to the pool together and got some sun. after getting home at 1:30 last night we needed the down time. Our house is slowly turning into a home as we make it our own.
Tomorrow is the day all teachers return to school-so no more messing around-time to get serious. Very high pressure here as many students are children of some very important people. My principal told me the other day a "high profile" student just got moved to my class for some reason---he told me who his dad was but i couldn't understand he was talking so fast!
I promise pictures will be coming soon!