I wear mine in the pool. On apple fitness there is a button to push that helps keep the water out.
Editing because I mixed up two thoughts. There is a button on the apple watch to keep out water. And in apple fitness app I can choose pool swim and it will track my pool workout - it’ll track my stroke and splits.
Do people competing in the Olympics have regular jobs? I mean, I know some of them are young and still in college but those that are out of college? Or do you just take the year of the Olympics off to train intensively? I know Simone is married to a professional athlete so she may not have to work….deep thoughts for a Saturday, lol
I think it really depends. My guess is that the majority of the people who can get to that level come from backgrounds with a lot of financial support from their families.
You do hear stories of some couch surfing and living really hand to mouth coaching kids and things like that but that seems rarer. That’s why sponsorship deals are so important! And then when they make it to the Olympics that opens them up to making more money coaching giving classes/talks etc. I’ve also heard of a few that were nurses and work for themselves in various industries.
I am not doing well dealing with US politics right now. Yes, it's truly a fucking disaster, but I'm ruminating in a totally nonproductive, paralyzing, inactive, "major depression and anxiety" way. I need to find better ways to deal. I can't control the outcome of the election alone and it isn't until November, so I'm trying to create mental space to get ahold of myself so I can be productive and focused.
Today, that means ignoring politics. I have colored in my coloring book, spent several hours by the pool, and am now watching Wimbledon. Which is in the UK. Where they recently ousted conservative bastards.
I feel this sooooo much and it does not help that my job is geographically in a really MAGA area. I see people every day sporting hats and shirts and such and it just makes me sick to my stomach.
Today's awful shirt award goes to the asshat wearing one saying "I'm voting for the convicted felon."
I am not doing well dealing with US politics right now. Yes, it's truly a fucking disaster, but I'm ruminating in a totally nonproductive, paralyzing, inactive, "major depression and anxiety" way. I need to find better ways to deal. I can't control the outcome of the election alone and it isn't until November, so I'm trying to create mental space to get ahold of myself so I can be productive and focused.
Today, that means ignoring politics. I have colored in my coloring book, spent several hours by the pool, and am now watching Wimbledon. Which is in the UK. Where they recently ousted conservative bastards.
I was watching West Wing today and Toby and Christopher Lloyd were talking to representatives from Belarus about writing their constitution. Toby is frustrated they won't listen to his push for a parliamentary system because the system we have is too dangerous because it gives so much power to the executive office and it's rare for govts like ours to survive very long.
I was like, huh. Wow. Coooooooool. I guess we had a good run.
I've been trying to focus on just my stat, I had to narrow my scope to a place I can actually do something about but Michigan has been doing pretty well politically, if I lived in a red state it would be harder to stay positive or hopeful.
Do people competing in the Olympics have regular jobs? I mean, I know some of them are young and still in college but those that are out of college? Or do you just take the year of the Olympics off to train intensively? I know Simone is married to a professional athlete so she may not have to work….deep thoughts for a Saturday, lol
I know every Olympic year, I th8nk it’s Home Depot that run ads about supporting their athlete employees with flexible schedule for training and stuff.
tangent - I was walking around the tournament last week and walked right by Tatiana Nazlymov, who is on the saber Olympic team. I thought it was so cool, but my friend pointed out you can’t swing a stick without hitting an Olympian, and pointed out 3 more (former) in eyesight. And, hell, my coach was an olympic alternate. and one lady in my event also was an Olympian in the 90s. So yeah, but yet for little ol me, it seems so cool.
I have another Amazon package missing. I chatted CS and requested the order be cancelled. I’m waiting on confirmation. We won’t be here Tuesday. This is why I was expecting it yesterday.
Also, I bought a dress from Anthro on sale. Do I have anywhere to wear it, not anything coming up. We do have a cruise next April LOL.
I broke down and ordered my kid a Stanley. It’s the ice flow though. No 20lb cups with handles.
Do people competing in the Olympics have regular jobs? I mean, I know some of them are young and still in college but those that are out of college? Or do you just take the year of the Olympics off to train intensively? I know Simone is married to a professional athlete so she may not have to work….deep thoughts for a Saturday, lol
I recommend watching the Weight of a gold. It gets at mental health but touches on the lives of athletes.
Also, Simone doesn’t have to work between other than training and sponsorships and whatever she wants because she is the GOAT. The huge athletes don’t have this issue so much. It is all of the other ones.
Do people competing in the Olympics have regular jobs? I mean, I know some of them are young and still in college but those that are out of college? Or do you just take the year of the Olympics off to train intensively? I know Simone is married to a professional athlete so she may not have to work….deep thoughts for a Saturday, lol
I'm scratching my head at so much here.
Simone Biles, massively successful internationally known athlete, "doesn't have to work" not because of her husband but because she *does* work. Gymnastics, and the associated money she makes from things like sponsorships or clinics or talks or whatever else, IS her job. Like, are we asking if Serena Williams had to work before she married Alexis Ohanian?
Also, depending on the country (so many do not give anything like the financial support that the US does to sports development) and event for sure many Olympic athletes have jobs beyond their training. But no one is just taking one year to train intensively, in order to get to that level these people are usually treating sport as their profession and prioritizing that over everything for years even if they have to also earn money in other ways during their off time. I'm sure you know that, and it was just phrasing, but it sounds like Bob in Accounting is just going to take a sabbatical so he can go win gold haha.
Do people competing in the Olympics have regular jobs? I mean, I know some of them are young and still in college but those that are out of college? Or do you just take the year of the Olympics off to train intensively? I know Simone is married to a professional athlete so she may not have to work….deep thoughts for a Saturday, lol
Omg to Simone Biles not having to work because she’s married to a professional athlete! Are you being serious? Are you stuck in the 1950?
She is one of the most well decorated Olympians. Do you know how much money she makes on her own?! She doesn’t need a man to support her.
But yes some athletes, especially for lesser known sports do have other jobs. It could be teaching, coaching or accounting, etc. But they still train all year round and it’s not just like a few months before the Olympics they’re like oh yeah let me do something.
Do people competing in the Olympics have regular jobs? I mean, I know some of them are young and still in college but those that are out of college? Or do you just take the year of the Olympics off to train intensively? I know Simone is married to a professional athlete so she may not have to work….deep thoughts for a Saturday, lol
Simone Biles OWNS the gyn where she (and like half the other girls who competed at Trials) trains. Well, technically her parents do, but that’s probably a tax thing and shes probably not involved in daily operations. She doesn’t need her footballl husband to supoort her.
Do people competing in the Olympics have regular jobs? I mean, I know some of them are young and still in college but those that are out of college? Or do you just take the year of the Olympics off to train intensively? I know Simone is married to a professional athlete so she may not have to work….deep thoughts for a Saturday, lol
Omg to Simone Biles not having to work because she’s married to a professional athlete! Are you being serious? Are you stuck in the 1950?
She is one of the most well decorated Olympians. Do you know how much money she makes on her own?! She doesn’t need a man to support her.
But yes some athletes, especially for lesser known sports do have other jobs. It could be teaching, coaching or accounting, etc. But they still train all year round and it’s not just like a few months before the Olympics they’re like oh yeah let me do something.
We took A to NYC for Pokémon GoFest. It was super fun but OMG the weather has been so gross in the city. I had a layer of dried sweat on my body that made me look like I was covered in chalk.
My kid ordered a $40 breakfast this morning. Croissant, a tartine, a $10 juice (??) and a granola parfait.
Between the Pokemon and fancy $40 breakfast, our kids would get along great! lol
Do people competing in the Olympics have regular jobs? I mean, I know some of them are young and still in college but those that are out of college? Or do you just take the year of the Olympics off to train intensively? I know Simone is married to a professional athlete so she may not have to work….deep thoughts for a Saturday, lol
Omg to Simone Biles not having to work because she’s married to a professional athlete! Are you being serious? Are you stuck in the 1950?
She is one of the most well decorated Olympians. Do you know how much money she makes on her own?! She doesn’t need a man to support her.
But yes some athletes, especially for lesser known sports do have other jobs. It could be teaching, coaching or accounting, etc. But they still train all year round and it’s not just like a few months before the Olympics they’re like oh yeah let me do something.
Lol, for real! She has also only been married for a year or two so most of her long career was before she had a partner.
She is a really bad example here though because she is in a completely different category than most Olympians so isn't exactly representative of the general experience.
So I asked a similar question about jobs while watching the 2016 Olympics LOL. And while I didn't get a ton of responses, the thread does have a few interesting first hand stories about how it works: pandce.proboards.com/thread/547013/olympics
Simone Bile’s husband is a good athlete, anyone who makes it to a professional league has to be. But he is definitely the reacher in the relationship. He played for Green Bay last year as a free agent and left for Chicago this coming season. He wasn’t amazing enough for Houston to keep him nor was he amazing enough for Green Bay to counter the offer from Chicago. He’ll have a respectable low key career in the NFL and when he finally retires he can live off Simone’s money. I don’t know what their actual individual new worths are, but I would bet that hers is multiples of his.
Do people competing in the Olympics have regular jobs? I mean, I know some of them are young and still in college but those that are out of college? Or do you just take the year of the Olympics off to train intensively? I know Simone is married to a professional athlete so she may not have to work….deep thoughts for a Saturday, lol
It...depends. Simone owns her own gym and has a WHOLE TEAM of people that work with/for her-coaches, physical therapists, doctors, registered dietitian, mental health professionals, etc. Some of the athletes are professional athletes that earn their living doing their Olympic sports. I know for the cycling team (except for one rider) are full time professional cyclists on UCI/International teams that earn their money that way. "Professional athlete" doesn't mean all earn $1 million/year. The average female pro cyclist earns about $35,000, but their travel, entry fees, equipment, training, and such are covered by the team.
Some have spouses/partners/family that support them. Some do work full time. There are employers that have "Olympic" programs that allow the employees time off to qualify and train for the Olympics. Some have to work part time, many coach other athletes in their sport. Some are digital nomads that work full time but can work anywhere anytime. Some are social media influencers and/or have brand partnerships/sponsorships. Some work 2 jobs, have 3 roommates/live with parents or grandma, and such. There was an Olympic female cyclist that famously lived in her van in a friend's driveway back in the late 1990s/early 2000s to save $$ (think conversion van that had a power hookup to the house). Thankfully, women's cycling is much more professional today.
We took A to NYC for Pokémon GoFest. It was super fun but OMG the weather has been so gross in the city. I had a layer of dried sweat on my body that made me look like I was covered in chalk.
My kid ordered a $40 breakfast this morning. Croissant, a tartine, a $10 juice (??) and a granola parfait.
Between the Pokemon and fancy $40 breakfast, our kids would get along great! lol
They can hang out while we pick up extra shifts to afford them 😭
We took A to NYC for Pokémon GoFest. It was super fun but OMG the weather has been so gross in the city. I had a layer of dried sweat on my body that made me look like I was covered in chalk.
My kid ordered a $40 breakfast this morning. Croissant, a tartine, a $10 juice (??) and a granola parfait.
We went to the Yankee game today and I'm tired of being sweaty outside 🥵😥 (But they spanked the Sox so it was worth it, I guess).
My car started acting up again for the 450th time this year (on the Major Deegan 🥲) so I texted my sales associate at the dealership and bought a new car online before the 1st inning was over 😂 Keep your fingies crossed that this stupid car gets us back to Connecticut!
This city is a rip off! We went to a neighborhood restaurant for brunch. They had sides on the menu but nothing I thought our daughter would like. So we asked if she could have a side of grilled chicken and a side of blueberries (the pancakes on the menu said they had blueberries). It was rang up as "misc food" with a charge of $15 each, so $30 total for a meal for a 15 month old at the time.
I usually don’t blink at prices here these days and know we won’t escape a restaurant under $100, but that right there I was like wtf and spoke to the server.
We took A to NYC for Pokémon GoFest. It was super fun but OMG the weather has been so gross in the city. I had a layer of dried sweat on my body that made me look like I was covered in chalk.
My kid ordered a $40 breakfast this morning. Croissant, a tartine, a $10 juice (??) and a granola parfait.
We went to the Yankee game today and I'm tired of being sweaty outside 🥵😥 (But they spanked the Sox so it was worth it, I guess).
My car started acting up again for the 450th time this year (on the Major Deegan 🥲) so I texted my sales associate at the dealership and bought a new car online before the 1st inning was over 😂 Keep your fingies crossed that this stupid car gets us back to Connecticut!
This city is a rip off! We went to a neighborhood restaurant for brunch. They had sides on the menu but nothing I thought our daughter would like. So we asked if she could have a side of grilled chicken and a side of blueberries (the pancakes on the menu said they had blueberries). It was rang up as "misc food" with a charge of $15 each, so $30 total for a meal for a 15 month old at the time.
I usually don’t blink at prices here these days and know we won’t escape a restaurant under $100, but that right there I was like wtf and spoke to the server.
$15 for blueberries is MADNESS!
We just wanted bodega sandwiches but my son is...fancier, LOL. I would have died at that cost though. Good for you for saying something!
DS is away at camp for another week and a half. It is my goal to be able to walk into his room, vacuum the floor, make the bed, and put all of his clothes away in his closet before he returns home. We have a tendency to throw small random pieces of things into those clear plastic shoe boxes, and now there are several just piled up on the floor. I’ve filled a large trash bag, and still have 2 more boxes to go through. So many broken odds and ends and junk that does not need to be in our house! I want DH to look around with me as we may need to rearrange the room so that there’s better storage. Unfortunately he’s the kid of “stuff people” and while we’re both actively trying to decrease the amount of stuff we have, DS isn’t there yet 😖
DS is away at camp for another week and a half. It is my goal to be able to walk into his room, vacuum the floor, make the bed, and put all of his clothes away in his closet before he returns home. We have a tendency to throw small random pieces of things into those clear plastic shoe boxes, and now there are several just piled up on the floor. I’ve filled a large trash bag, and still have 2 more boxes to go through. So many broken odds and ends and junk that does not need to be in our house! I want DH to look around with me as we may need to rearrange the room so that there’s better storage. Unfortunately he’s the kid of “stuff people” and while we’re both actively trying to decrease the amount of stuff we have, DS isn’t there yet 😖
2 years ago I told ds if he didn't clear his floor of junk, I'd throw it all out. So he put it all in 2 BIG rubbermaid totes. 1 went into his closet, and the other is sitting in the middle of his floor. And though the plan was to go through the bins at a later date, 2 years later they are still exactly where they were. My ds is now turning 15 years old and going to be a sophomore in hs. I told him he might want to start going through some of that stuff this summer. I have no energy to make him do it though, and if it gets to the point where he graduates hs and moves out, it will all just be going in the trash at that point.
And DD has been given the task of 'cleaning her room' this summer as well, and she was feeling overwhelmed by it even though I was helping, and her therapist actually suggested making a 'doom box' of stuff she didn't know what to do with, which is essentially what ds did and is apparently a valid strategy when you have too much stuff. She did stress that dealing with the doom box later is essential though lol. At least DD has been good about sorting out actual garbage and stuff that could be donated from the stuff she wants to keep but doesn't know what to do with.
LOL at the assumption that Simone's husband's salary is necessary. She's literally the biggest Olympian outlier as the most decorated and known face of the Olympic games.
My random for the day--when did bedroom nightstands become so wide? I'm shopping for new bedroom furniture at 75% (or more) of sets include nightside tables that are 28-33" wide. Our bedroom is easily "average" so I don't understand how most people have room for a queen plus one nightstand on each side. It seems absurd, but it's clearly a me problem, because out of numerous furniture stores, each only have 1-2 options that are <26" wide.
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Jul 7, 2024 7:40:37 GMT -5
I’m dying of embarrassment, friends. Inhave this geeky bullet-ish journal that I use to keep memories in, draw in, and it has my calendars in it. I took it with me to the ER last week and left it there. A friend of my sister’s works there and looked inside to see if she could figure out whose it was. She recognized some pics of my dad that I had in there, and the eulogy I did for him 🥀. Dead.
Do people competing in the Olympics have regular jobs? I mean, I know some of them are young and still in college but those that are out of college? Or do you just take the year of the Olympics off to train intensively? I know Simone is married to a professional athlete so she may not have to work….deep thoughts for a Saturday, lol
Simone Biles OWNS the gyn where she (and like half the other girls who competed at Trials) trains. Well, technically her parents do, but that’s probably a tax thing and shes probably not involved in daily operations. She doesn’t need her footballl husband to supoort her.
I was going to jump all over the Simone Biles being a professional athlete who makes millions all on her own but I see that’s been covered. I do want to add that her parents do in fact own the gym (not her). They opened in back in 2014 when Simone had only (lol) won a handful of worlds medals and wasn’t THE Simone Biles we know now. Of course they opened it as a place for her to train, but they are the true owners and day to day managers.
Also it’s been covered but Simone’s husband is a low level NFL player. A great accomplishment but he is definitely not supporting the two of them.
ProfessorArtNerd she didn't read the whole thing, she saw who it belonged to and snapped it shut right away. Continue on with your day and your life!
Agreed, and even if the wind blew at the wrong time and she saw the first 2 lines of your eulogy draft, i bet she snapped it shut, was glad the owner had a place to capture their thoughts, and she wishes you well.