KATHRYN R. BIEL: AUTHOR

In 2012, I developed a little crush on swimmer Ryan Lochte. I mean, who wouldn't? I was even sort of excited when I found out he was going to have his own reality show, What Would Ryan Lochte Do? I never ended up watching the shows because it became apparent in some of Ryan's post-Olympic interviews that while he certainly is pretty, perhaps his personality and brain power is not at the same caliber as his swimming. I'm not sure how much of it is an act, but he appears rather dim. I don't think it's an act. I wondered in this Olympics how much media attention he would get, seeing as how it is pretty clear that he's not the best character story. He doesn't interview well, and some of his waters tend to be on the shallow side. It didn't stop me from rooting for him, even with the hair debacle. Again, it sort of shows the caliber of intellect. He's spent his whole life in the pool and didn't realize that chlorine would change the bleach ...

If you follow my Facebook Author Page , then it will come as no secret that I'm a HUGE fan of the Olympics. Like quasi-addicted. Okay, maybe not quasi... In fact, I remember being in high school and spending my entire February break watching the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. Remember when the Winter Olympics were just 2 years apart that time? Totally aside. Anyway, they keep referring to the 2012 London Olympics. And I have to shake my head. Didn't that just happen? How could that be four years ago? Four years?  Four years ago, my kids were getting ready to enter 3rd grade and Kindergarten. We were in Disney for the first time. I'd yet to publish my first book. So much has happened in the past four years. I mean, it's been four years since we had this jem... Aaaah, that Ryan Lochte ... So then, as I'm watching all sorts of things I never dreamed of (Hello, Rugby!), they mention the next Olympics. In 2020. 2020. I know it shouldn't come as a shock...