I love the Olympics, and these five petite women with superhero arms are my favorite part. Add to that McKayla Maroney’s crazy high cheekbones and the looks she levels from the side – you better watch the heck out. And Jordyn Wieber, who was devastated just days ago, pulled herself together and performed beautifully for her team, and smiled while doing it. And Aly Raisman is a Massachusetts girl! It can’t get much better than that.

I’m relieved that writing is a cumulative effort – if one day my mush-brain writes gibberish, I can fix it all the next (one hopes) or at least hit delete and nobody needs to read that nonsense. But these women work hard all the time, and as much as that work is necessary, it all comes down to a hyper focus on ONE SINGLE MOMENT – a few minutes on the beam, or the uneven bars – and they are either soaring or seeing their dreams crumble (or, in Wieber’s case, both – due to a rule that makes no sense to me and serves to penalize countries with more than two superstars). So hats off to these ladies, for magically seizing those moments of perfection in ways I can’t comprehend. I will think of their hard work and dedication as I sit down to work on my draft.