shift #12 - figure skating training again

I was late, just can't wake up anymore; my 3rd 5 am shift in a row. I was caught by a team lead on my entrance and taken to the Coliseum, but I was lucky to be inside, because other hosts who were late got posted outside.

Really short on staff now, even the team leads need to cover 2 areas. I was on the entry team, but since the training is really boring to me, I preferred to have a seat and be an access monitor for the lower arena where the athletes can go. I sat most of my shift and then was rotated to ushering. So many people in the wrong seats, and the quality of the skating was dull to me.

Some of the skaters don't do their whole routine. You follow them once their music starts, but then they stop their routine and so you watch another skater on the ice. I watched the Canadian pair do free dance. I was a little more impressed with this style as it added holds and body flips, etc, like circus arts on skates. They just won gold in ice dance - ice dance and free dance combined! Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. Canada's 10th medal.

I got my 12th shift gift. We had a choice. Originally I picked a pair of angora gloves with cut off fingertips and the mitt cover, but it had so many holes, I figured it wouldn't be warm. I opted instead for the fleece lined black gloves, but they were quite large, probably for men, but I didn't want a toque nor another scarf.

Last shift tomorrow, and they told me it would be a watch!