In my mind, the Aleutian Olympics were always going to be outside, even though I'm familiar with the weather in this region. So come Monday, forecasted rain, snow, and high winds had me scrambling to fit all of the games in the school gym. I ended up telling the kids who were helping, "The games are set up way too close to each other, and that means some little girl is inevitably going to get hit in the head with an enormous stuffed cod, or a dizzy kindergardener will wander over into the tug of war and be trampled, but that's okay. It'll be funny, just scoop them up and send them back on their way."