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Maribeth Pelly

I help small business owners with their marketing strategies.

Blogging from the Jersey Shore! For four years, Skirt! has been delivered to my home at Manasquan, a small beach town. I'm a corporate drop-out and now a start-up business owner. I assist small business owners with their marketing and operation strategies. My experience as a mom, wife and b...

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Do you have an Olympic Hangover?

It has been days since the opening ceremonies at Beijing and I feel like I’ve partied hard every night with Mike Phelps. I can’t shake the image of his body and ‘wing- span’, out of my head.

I wondered aloud…what would it be like to have an Olympic Athlete walk into my home? For sure, our walls and ceilings would feel dwarfed.  While sipping some chilled, blue sport drink, what would we talk about?

I’d try not to complain about how tired I am.

For sure, I would ask how I could get abs like his…. and then I would try to be more serious and ask… are you super human?

Phelps seems like the type of guy who just might accept an invitation from a nobody. Doesn’t he seem likable?

But, I question if my hangover is really from lack of sleep or from a sense of feeling completely inadequate. A tiredness that settles in from thinking about all the things I have not accomplished or dreams that were never put into motion.

These days, I can’t party like I used to… but if after all these hours of admiring someone else’s accomplishments (and Olympic smile) I wonder if somewhere deep inside, it’s time to stretch my arms as wide as Michael Phelps, and see what I can reach!

In the meantime, please pass the Gatorade.

GO USA!