Olympics are over

I checked this morning to see how Brian Mckeever did in his Olympic race. He was held out by his coach. The Canadia team had 5 skiers who qualified for the 50k race, but could only enter 4 skiers. And the other 4 skiers had faster times than Brian did. So does that decision diminish what Brian achieved? I don't think so. How many people actually qualify for an Olympic team? Brian will still be competing in the Paralympics. I don't know if Brian will attempt to make the team again. I hope he does, and is allowed to compete. But even if he doesn't, he's still someone I would like to be more like.

I'm going to try to see a friend that went into the hospital last week. She's a few years older than me and like me lives alone. I'm very thankful that people in her life were watching out for her and that because of that she was able to get the help she needs. I like living alone, but sometimes I am reminded of some of the dangers of living alone. Maybe it's just me, but one of the thoughts that went thru my mind was how her kitties reacted, and how would Pip react if something happened to me? I know if something happened to Pip and I couldn't do anything for her, I would be (according to more than one person!) devastated. I believe that pets would have the same type of reaction. I wonder if any of the pet whisperers do grief counseling for pets. The only problem would be that if an owner died and the pet needs grief counseling, probably the people who are left behind wouldn't want to pay (read: waste) money or money on something like that.