Week 5 in Beijing: Bathroom Talk with Logan Tom

I'll start with how I met Logan Tom. For those who have never heard of her, Logan is an outside hitter for the US women's volleyball team. Although she is one of the best players in the world, she is probably best known for her scantily clad modeling pictures.

(Logan Tom is also a pro beach volleyball player.)

During my break, I went to use the ladies' room. But the nearest bathrooms are of course squat toilets. Since the bathrooms we use are private and not open to spectators, I was the only one in there washing my hands and fixing my hair. All of sudden I heard a voice behind me say, "Hi, excuse me?" I turned around and there in full uniform and warm-up is Logan Tom. I replied with the first words that came to my head, "Hey, what's up?"

She had the "I really need to go" look on her face. "Do you know where I can find western toilets?" I of course had scouted out where the western toilets were the minute I started working at Capital Gymnasium. I said, "Yeah, would you like me to show you where they are?"

"That would be awesome," she said. There's quite a distance between the bathrooms we were in and the western one, so we started walking and talking. "I'm Logan by the way."

I replied, "I'm Catie...I really enjoy watching you guys play." I couldn't think of much to say because earlier in the day Logan didn't play so well and the US was dominated in straight sets against gold medal contender Cuba. I didn't want to bring up any sore subjects.

We talked a little more about how confusing this building was to navigate, but I could kind of tell she really needed to get to the bathroom. A few minutes later, I was standing back at my post when I saw her pass by again. She turned around and gave me a thumbs up and yelled "Thanks!"

Obviously I had just saved Logan Tom from a bathroom crisis.

It turns out USA and Cuba were at the night games scouting powerhouse China and Poland.

Last week, I was lucky enough to watch the USA women's team practice and see all of them play up close.

I would love to write more but I just received a ticket to softball tonight so I must get ready!! I'll probably add more later!

Congrats Jessie!!! See everyone in 16 days :-)