I know you are waiting with baited breath to see how much progress I’ve made:

By Sunday night I was at 5.5 inches (1 inch ahead of schedule) and as of last night I was at 7.25 inches, plus I started the toe of the 2nd sock for some variety.  I have to make a lot of those blue and white stripes in order to fit my loooooong feet.  I have 1.25 inches left to go before the heel, and between the two socks I’m still about an inch ahead of my planned schedule.

I wanted to knit all day long, but I forced myself to work so that I could sit and watch Olympics and knit.  I enjoy watching the Olympics, even the sports I have no interest in, or know nothing about.  Those snowboarders!  Wow!  They are crazy!!!

And the figure skating:  I like that the best.

But has anyone else been paying attention to what the athletes are wearing?  And not just the figure skaters?  The US Snowboarders:  didn’t it look like they were wearing blue jeans?   I realized after awhile that they must be snowpants styled to look like blue jeans, but I was so surprised at first.  Then, I realized that those snowboarders have a different kind of…style?  Attitude?  And realized that to me, the blue jean-snowpants were just about perfect.  And thanks to Mr. Google, here’s an article about their uniforms, with photos, and I was right:  they are Gore-tex, but styled to look like jeans.  Like…jeans that someone has already worn in and loved for a long time…

Snowboarding – 2010 Olympic (Anti) uniforms

I like them, even if no one else approves.