Gold medal favorite.

I had a dream the other night that I was in Torino and Emily Hughes (the backup to Michelle Kwan) dropped out of the skating competition because she had the flu. So, because clearly there are only three ice skaters in the United States plus one alternate, they asked me if I could step in.

You might ask, did I have a broken leg in my dream? Yes.

Do I have skills? I'm not sure. I haven't been on ice skates since Patrick Dempsey tackled me playing statuemaker in my college ice skating class, breaking his chin open and giving me a concussion. My guess would be no.

But, despite these facts, I am a patriot, so I decided I was going to do it for the country. Thankfully I woke up before I humiliated myself on national television--oh, and dream or no dream, it would have been humiliating. Trust me.

I don't know what the dream means, exactly, but here's what I take from it:
1) I clearly have some ego on me if I think someone is going to turn to me, flabby, pale, clutzy, and with a big leg brace, and ask me to skate for the US out of everyone else standing around me.
2) My leg must be feeling better to even kind of contemplate doing a triple toe loop.
3) I'm watching way way too much Olympic coverage.