Ramblings of TJR -- Marketer -- Mom -- TV Addict.

Today I finished my last smurf shift. In case you've been avoiding any Olympic news these past few weeks, a smurf is a Vancouver Olympic 2010 volunteers in the turquoise blue jackets (You see them everywhere). Some of the volunteers starting calling themselves smurfs and the name stuck. So I know little to nothing about curling, but I learnt a little spending 10 of my 12 volunteer’s shifts as an Event Services Team Leader at the Vancouver Olympic Centre - the curling rink (the other 2 shifts I did at BC Place for the Dress Rehearsal and Opening Ceremonies). On each of my shifts I had a team of 4-10 volunteers’ hosts who held all sorts of positions like marshals, ushers, ticket scanners, access monitors, etc. Generally we dealt with the public to ensure they got where they needed to go as quickly and as easily a possible. I learnt a few interesting things from my experience and I thought I'd share them.... 1. Hydration is a double edged sword - you need to drink, but that me...

I was woken up this morning at 5:30 am by the door bell.  You know a 5:30 doorbell is got to be bad news OR something crazy.  So my husband had gotten up just before 5:30am to go to the bathroom, he found my Mom was in the bathroom. Not knowing how long she would be in the bathroom and being in rather desperate need he went out into the back yard.  My Mom came out of the bathroom to discover the back door wide open. She closed, locked it and went back to bed.  My hubbie dressed only in his housecoat was now locked outside.  So hence the doorbell!   At least 1 person in the house slept through all the fun and that was the 2yo.