It is only 7:00 PM and I feel like it is 10:00 . This might be because I endured a nerve-wracking junior free dance or it could just be because I have been here since 8:45 this morning. I say the junior free dance was nerve-wracking because I really wanted all of the teams to do well. The junior dance teams are just too exciting right now. The top five finishers are easily some of the most talented teams on any level. I'm just so amazed at the depth of dancers in the U.S. To use one of Michelle's favorite phrases, "It rocks!"

I need to mention that yesterday there was a contest on the jumbotron. Two kids were selected to name celebrities that appeared on the screen. The first contestant didn't get the rules, so when asked to name a celebrity, she said, "Jamie Lynn Spears" instead of looking up at the screen at the image of Fred Flintstone. It really disappointed me that Jamie Lynn Spears is that famous now. I have a sister that is ten, so I understand the Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers, and Hilary Duff love. But I can say with certainty that if she ever lists Jamie Lynn Spears as one of her favorite celebrities, we are going to sit down and have a long talk about appropriate behavior at sixteen. Ok, enough of that rant.

After the junior free dance, Madison & Keiffer Hubbell came over to say hi to us. They seemed so happy and relaxed. Keiffer's injury and subsequent food poisoning really took a toll on them this season. I hope that next year they can finally compete with healthy bodies. Even they said they wished they would have been able to skate with more expression and reckless abandon than they were able to here in St. Paul .

Right now my brain is extremely tired. Transcribing quotes while trying to write the junior free dance article while also watching the senior OD seemed to take some wind out of my sails. I'm looking forward to sitting back, grabbing some food, and enjoying the ladies short program. There are twenty competitors, so I have lots of time to relax before I need to shoot the junior dance podium.

Celebrity sighting of the day would be Kristi Yamaguchi. She was being approached by a number of fans for autographs and pictures while she was sitting in the stands. I also saw Nancy Kerrigan, but that's a given with her commentating here. She looks really good during the beginning stages of her third pregnancy.

I also saw a Bob Ross look-alike. Of course, it can't be the real him. But seeing his twin made me think of the times I sat with my babysitter (Hi Kim, if you ever read this) and watched good ole' Bob paint a "happy little tree" in the middle of almost every painting.

We had some little kids running around the media section today, playing hide-and-seek behind the tables. Michelle asked them if they wanted to write our articles. They said yes, only if it was about that "cool team who skated to the Trans-Siberian stuff." They obviously meant the Hubbells, who skated to Apocolyptica Cult. There is some kind of Trans-Siberian influence in that music.

Emily Samuelson had the coolest OD outfit ever. It reminded me of what I wore at a recent Russian Christmas party where I played "Snegurushka," aka "The Snow Princess." And I still like Tanith & Ben's first version of the OD this year better than what they are skating now. Maybe because I'm a fan of bluegrass? Who knows?

I think I finally hit my blog groove. Maybe that is because I'm sleep-blogging (© Michelle). I'll have to wait for the loud announcer to wake me up. Once the ladies short program starts he'll blare in our ears and we'll all go deaf. Oh well, it has happened a few times this week already.

And….just need to add that Jennifer Wester almost tripped Christine Brennan down the stairs.