Memo to my supervisor, re: August 8 through 24

I writing to inform you that I will likely be tardy during a two week period in August. You see, the Olympics are coming and I'll probably be watching a lot of television during that time. You'll notice that I refrained from participating in the NCAA office pool back in March, so I would like to use that time I banked from not checking the scores on ESPN.com and not updating my bracket.

My doctor will be forwarding a note about my "Gold Medal Fever" to you. My condition was discovered over the weekend as I couldn't stop watching the Track and Field, Swimming, and Gymnastics trials. What is worse, I've discovered that I can set Tivo up to record everything related to the Olympics. I know that Tivo allows me to record and watch stuff later. But I have to emphasize the "later" part of that statement, as I was up until 1am watching the US Women's Gymnastics trials. And since the Olympics will be on NBC, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, and Oxygen (plus Universal HD where available), I'll probably be up all night every night getting caught up on the action from Beijing.

I appreciate your understanding with the condition. I'm sure it is covered by FMLA. Or the ADA. And I will do my best to get ahead in my work prior to August 8th. Thankfully, the Olympics come around only every other year, so after August, I should be good until the Vancouver winter games in 2010.

Thank you.