http://kalinaolympics.pmpblogs.com Boulder High School student Kalina Grabb blogs while working at the Olympics Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:55:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wednesday, March 3, 2010               Well I guess that’s it. Today I woke up, pack my last few things, said the rest of my good-bye’s and then was off. Its weird leaving some place after you have been there for a month. It seems like it just flew right by, but ... http://kalinaolympics.pmpblogs.com/2010/03/04/march-3-good-bye-vancouver/ Tuesday, March 2, 2010                         My last day. It wasn’t all that exciting, but it was still fun! I woke up pretty late, sleeping in after the party. Then I helped around the office. Everyone was packing up and breaking down the rooms. There was a lot of stuff, since they ... http://kalinaolympics.pmpblogs.com/2010/03/03/march-2-the-last-few-things/ Monday, March 1, 2010               Well… my last day of work. I, along with a few others, actually worked for pretty much 24 hours straight between yesterday and this morning. I got a three-hour break, from 11:30 to 2:30am, and then went right back to work this morning. It was departure ... http://kalinaolympics.pmpblogs.com/2010/03/02/march-1-the-staff-party/ Sunday, February 28, 2010               Well, today was an incredible day! There’s no way to put it any better! I started out pretty early, and worked straight through for 12 hours! I took a group to the USA Canada gold medal hockey game. We were able to get all of our ... http://kalinaolympics.pmpblogs.com/2010/03/01/february-28-closing-ceremonies/ Saturday, February 27, 2010               It’s sad. I’m excited to go home and see my friends and go back to my sports, and I miss the simple things in life, like a washing machine. But at the same time, I don’t want this all to end. All the people that I’m ... http://kalinaolympics.pmpblogs.com/2010/02/28/february-27-the-last-real-day/ Friday, February 26, 2010   Today was another exciting day! I know I keep on saying this, but its true! Every new day and every new event brings about its own sort of excitement. And with everything, the Olympic spirit and energy is present. With everything that I have done, I have ... http://kalinaolympics.pmpblogs.com/2010/02/27/february-26-hockey/ Thursday, February 25, 2010              Compared to the past few days, I didn’t do much today. I actually slept in, and semi caught up on my much-lost sleep. I started my shift in the afternoon. So for the first half of the day, I just hung out ... http://kalinaolympics.pmpblogs.com/2010/02/26/february-25-figure-skating/ Tuesday, February 23, 2010               I started out early in the morning again. I just took a group to the Happiness House, and then was helping other people around the hotel for a few hours.  It was really rainy and cold when I got off but it didn’t bother me. My ... http://kalinaolympics.pmpblogs.com/2010/02/24/february-23-curling/ Monday, February 22, 2010               I went up to whistler today! We had one ticket in Whistler all program, and it happened to be today. I was lucky enough to be able to escort this venue. We went to ski jumping. This stadium is actually like 20 minutes away from the ... http://kalinaolympics.pmpblogs.com/2010/02/23/february-22-whistler/ Sunday, February 21, 2010               Today was… well, to say the least…. A bit of a difficult day. I started out at 8:00, having to take a group to the Happiness House. Since yesterday was such a long day, I was pretty tired today. And, it’s a new wave. Some people ... http://kalinaolympics.pmpblogs.com/2010/02/23/february-21-challenges/