I know it seems counterintuitive to write about the Olympic aftermath before the Olympics but I just have so many photos to go through and I got so sleep deprived that it’s just taking me more time than I had anticipated.

I do promise that if you stay tuned you will see the Olympics through my eyes it just might take a little while.

I could never have anticipated the fatigue that hits when you’re constantly on hyper vigilance watching your child in crowds of in excess of 10,000 people. Yes you can hold hands but still the vigilance and heightened security is always there and honestly that’s the most exhausting thing I have ever experienced.

I think the most memorable moment of the games for me was just the bond that I created with my daughter over the games. It’s something that I just can’t describe but that I wouldn’t trade for the world and if I had to spend myself into the poor house to get it than that’s OK. In the long run nothing is more important than family and I feel like mine just got a heck of a lot closer.

My worst moment was when we were in Sochi House (A City in Russia who are hosting the 2014 games) and I lost my daughter. We were leaving from a cultural show and I went one way around the pillar and she went the other way. It was one of the rare moments that we weren’t holding hands. Honestly she couldn’t have been lost for anymore than 2 minutes but it was the longest two minutes of my life and I can’t believe it but I just froze. I didn’t scream out her name I just stood there looking around frantically with my feet glued to the ground saying quietly I’ve lost my daughter.

Fortunately she very quickly wandered back to me like nothing had ever happened.

I had laminated one of my business cards and put it in her pocket but of course that assumes that an honest person finds her and not some sort of pervert. Anyways all ended well and we finished our day at Sochi House and went home.

I just don’t learn. I had the opportunity to buy some inexpensive hockey tickets for my daughter and I and got so excited because we had been given the opportunity before and I missed it by literally 1 minute so when the opportunity arose again I jumped at it.

Anyways I had several sets of tickets to choose from and my daughter was hounding me to hurry up so once again I didn’t look at the seat assignments and I picked two seats that were basically right behind the goalie and of course there is no refund for Olympic tickets and I’ve had zero luck selling anything for whatever reason I just keep getting system errors whenever I try.

Anyways I’m all proud of myself for getting these cheap tickets until I find out where they are.

So on the site I go this time looking for seat assignments and found another pair the exactly the same price but placed right centre ice.

Now I’ve never been to a hockey game before but I’m going to assume that those are good tickets.

So once again a really inexpensive ticket purchase turns into double because I was just in too much of a hurry and didn’t learn from my mistakes.

As an aside Stars on Ice is coming up and my daughter is absolutely gaga about skating so I’m thinking about taking her but I’ve learned my lesson and will ask a LOT of questions when they are selling me the seats. (Assuming they even have seats left)

I guess the good news is that my daughter and I are going to get to see the ladies bronze medal hockey game. Canada is going for the gold so we won’t see Canada but I think it will be fun regardless. Neither my daughter nor I have ever seen a hockey game and they award the medals afterwards so that will be nice to see.

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I’ve been an insecure Mother. It started with my daughter’s colic and my resultant postpartum depression. I just never got that start with my daughter that most inexperienced Moms do so I just never knew what to do with her and that feeling grown with me.

Now granted I’ve made progress. For example I wouldn’t leave the house with my daughter unescorted until she was 3 years old and then there were very few milestones after that.

Anyways that was probably the guiding principal behind when the Olympic tickets first came out for auction that I didn’t put in for any. I just didn’t have the confidence that I would be able to take my daughter that and I felt overwhelmed by the whole process.

Fast forward to the torch relay. I really wanted my daughter to have an Olympic experience and my husband just couldn’t come because he’s an essential worker for the Olympics so I had to figure out how to take my daughter on the bus and then entertain her for an hour until the torch came through. (I figured I had to be there at least an hour early so my daughter could get enough space to be able to see).

Anyways this all sounds so simple to you experienced Moms but to me this whole thing seemed insurmountable and I was terrified. I actually couldn’t sleep for days and the night before broke down and took a few prescription strength sleeping pills as I knew it wouldn’t be safe being with my daughter with 10,000 people if I wasn’t well rested.

Anyways we headed out and I just didn’t know what to expect all I knew was that I was expecting the worst – a meltdown somewhere and refusal to do something and me having to call my husband to come pick us up and then facing his wrath at not being a better parent.

Anyways the day went wonderfully. She listened to everything I said, she sat quietly while we waited and she didn’t complain once about not having much to do. I was so inspired after that that I took her for lunch when once again she listened to everything I said and we had a wonderful time. Heck I was so happy that she even let her have her ice cream with her main course !

Finally we went to the library because I wanted to pick her up some books on how to make friends. We spent an enjoyable hour there and she picked out 3 books on fairies and I got 3 books on making friends and then we took the bus back home and I went upstairs to catch up on some work and you watched a movie for an hour until hubby got home.

This day probably sounds like just an ordinary day for most of you Moms but to me this was a turning point in my relationship with my daughter. It was like a million doors had opened and there was so much more I could do with her.

It was as a result of this that I purchased Olympic curling tickets for us and tickets for 3 Victory (medals) ceremonies.

Anyways to me this is one of the most special days I’ve had in years and I just wanted to share.