There goes lunchtime!

Damn - why didn't anyone tell me the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony was on? I LOVE those big show thingies! I'm certain our local tv channel said not a blessed word about it.

I turned on the telly just after 1, expecting to see some Big Bald Guy (Dr Phil) - and got the near-end of the whole shebang. And what a shebang it seems to have been! The blast-the-city-sky-high-with-fireworks ending was totally spectacular. But I still want to see the rest!

There's a part of me that's always itched to do the lighting for a big event - rock concert, show, opening/closing ceremony, dance/rave thingy. I go goo-goo over well-executed, well-timed lighting, and this one had it in spades.

Needless to say, the actual eating part of lunch had to be done in a hurry, as I was too engrossed to do any proper cooking, and nothing would entice me to the stove during the good bits.

At the end of the event, we checked the schedule to see what we were likely to watch over lunchtimes (instead of the Big Bald Guy). Unfortunately, we'll either have to get up REAL early (1:45-6), miss work (8-1) or stay up real late (11pm to midnight) to see any action. There's always the news updates, but that's just not the same.

So what would I have hoped to watch over lunch? Truthfully, the gymnastics. Although after 8 years of trying I still couldn't do a handstand, I used to be able to do backbends without bending my knees and splits with no effort at all. There's still a part of me that would love to do Beam or Floor... But instead I live vicariously as my joints slowly stiffen with age.

Ah well - that's life. You miss out on competing in gymnastics, and then you miss out on the one thing you would have watched (and taped) on TV today.