https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:24:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-240926 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:23:42 +0000 Mommy Finger 240926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was single. While I didn't know it at the time, I was going to meet DH in a month. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-239880 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:31:52 +0000 littlebug 239880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm trying to think, and I don't think we watched the Olympics too much. We watched a few of the swimming races, and definitely saw Michael Phelps get his 8th medal. But I think we were on vacation in South Carolina for a lot of it, so we weren't sitting around watching like we usually do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-239872 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:21:36 +0000 SleepyMonkey 239872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>had just gotten married and was hating my old job....4 years later, we bought an apartment, have a job that i really like, and now am expecting our first! marriage is better than it was back then :) time flies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-239835 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:24:41 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 239835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had just moved to TX earlier in the month. I was pretty lonely at that point and hadn't really adjusted to my new life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-239787 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:25:13 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 239787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just got married and had a wonderful summer. My husband just finished nursing school and started to work. I don't remember the rest though. (we bought our house the following year) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-239784 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:22:43 +0000 wheres_c 239784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was single, living in Austin, TX, and working for a local university. Since it was summer, work wasn't super busy so watched a ton of Olympic coverage live at work.</p> <p>Now I'm in a 3year relationship, pregnant, with a great but stressful job...and living in south Florida. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-239738 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 01:37:56 +0000 doodlepoodle 239738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I had just bought our house, my grandpa had passed away just weeks before they began and I moved out to Santa Barbara to help my Grandma get back on her feet. I was on summer break in college and quit my job, the first time I wasn't working since I turned 16, I spent my days on the couch with my Grandma cheering the US team on. I was in SB for 6 weeks and wish we could afford to live there full time! ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-239056 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:51:40 +0000 Charm54 239056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had just reconnected with DH and we began dating. I was finishing my B.Ed and working at my family's ice-cream shop. Crazy the difference 4 years makes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-239015 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:22:51 +0000 autumnlove 239015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was watching the events obsessively! Rooting for Shawn Johnson and Nastia!</p> <p>I lived alone in an apartment 2 minutes from work. Best commute ever! I was probably making a pro and con list about the good looking but dumb guy I was dating. The con list won! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-239003 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:32:49 +0000 SugarplumsMom 239003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in Korea and we finally organized our first vacation together. I was probably agonizing about transportation and plans for my departure. Little did I know that after that vacation, he would ask me to live with him in Sweden. We applied for a resident permit, went through my initial "trial period", got engaged, bought a house, got married, and now have a beautiful baby together. A lot has happened in 4 years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-239001 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:12:57 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 239001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were in Aruba on our honeymoon. In the evenings we'd curl up and root on Team USA. It's fun to see how the Olympics mark our lives - this summer I'm pregnant for the games. We'll see what 2016 brings! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-239000 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:10:23 +0000 Andrea 239000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had just moved from London to New York. Our apt was probably filled with boxes. 4 years later we have a house, I changed jobs, and had a baby with another on the way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-238996 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 05:09:02 +0000 mediagirl 238996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't married, I didn't have a baby and I spent half of the time during the Olympics watching them at NBC. That year was particularly awful because they were in Beijing and going on when most people in the US were sleeping. We worked from midnight to noon the days we were there. It was miserable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-life-like-for-you-four-years-ago-during-the-last-summer-olympics#post-238985 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:51:33 +0000 BoogieBea 238985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The arrival of the summer olympics makes me nostalgic. The week that the summer olympics '08 began, we had just moved to singapore after one year into our marriage. It was the first time either of us had ever lived outside of nyc (aside from the fact that i wasn't born in the states), let alone move to the other side of the world. I remember cheering very loudly for the US olympic team because I was missing the states so much when we first got there. But then we settled in pretty quickly and had a fantastic time for the 2 years we were there. Our son was born there so it will always have a special place in our hearts in that regard as well. Now, 4 years later, we're back stateside and are a family of 4. Life is definitely not as carefree anymore - it's not as easy to just pick and go like we did before kids. But the little munchkins bring us so much joy - we wouldn't change that for the world. </p>