View this post on InstagramA post shared by Sofia Sjborg Eventing (@sofia_sjoborg_eventing)Its the first of July today, and that means that now, we can officially say were heading to the Paris Olympicsthis month. OH, BOY. That fills me with both an absolutely ridiculous amount of kid-before-Christmas overexcitement, but also, it sort of gives me the fear: in the space of the next few weeks theres a tonne of paperwork to get done, content plans to create, form guides to finalise, numbers to crunch, client contracts to tie up, projects to start, projects to finish, and road-trip playlists to plan (the most important job, I think). But who am I kidding? None of this stuff bothers me even a little bit. Every time I have to fill out some really tedious form on the Paris media hub itthrills me. You want me to submit my cars license plate to the Paris Transport committee?You spoil me!Ill be grabbing at every last morsel of joy over the next six weeks or so and spreading them as far and as wide as I can. I hope youre ready!In the pursuit of all that Paris excitement, were going to do a bit of an Olympic themed News & Notes today, with some updates from across the disciplines and a peek into how its all coming together. All together now: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!National Holiday:Its Canada Day! Good tidings to our friends north of the border.U.S. Weekend Action:Bouckaert Equestrian H.T. and Area III Eventing Championships (Chattahoochee Hills, GA):[Website][Results]Full Moon Farm HT (Finksburg, MD):[Website][Results]Inavale Farm HT (Philomath, OR):[Website] [Results]Larkin Hill H.T. (North Chatham, NY):[Website] [Results]Summer Coconino H.T. I (Flagstaff, AZ):[Website] [Results]Twin Rivers Summer H.T. (Paso Robles, CA):[Website][Results]European International Events:SemaLease Kilguilkey House International 1 (Ireland):[Website][Results]Your Monday Reading List:Following his exceptional start in Tokyo, Snoop Dogg is putting his sports journo hat back on in Paris.Hell be the Special Correspondent for NBC, andyes, I will absolutely be trying to meet him the whole time Im out there. In the meantime, hell be trying to meet Suppenkasper, Steffen Peters dressage superstar, who went down in viral history as the crip-walking horse in Tokyo, thanks to our favourite hip-hop dynamo. Im definitely trying to meet him. Hopefully hes in the Olympics so I can say, Whats happening? to him. Bring him a couple of carrots, some apples or somethin, know what Im saying? says Snoop.Check out the full interview here.Speaking of dressage-land, Charlotte Dujardin is a woman on a mission.The British equestrian is aiming to become her countrys most decorated female Olympian of all time. With six medals to her name already, shes sharing top spot on the list with cyclist Dame Laura Kenny, so all she needs is one medal, of any colour, to make it happen and truly cement herself in the lore of her country. Heres the full story.Actually, lets stay with dressage for a moment longer.Its all kind of kicking off in Canada, where a successful appeal has been lodged by a reserve rider on the grounds of a conflict of interest of a selector.It all played out like this.Heres a great missive on womens winning streaks in Olympic equestrian sport.Every day, I feel so grateful to be part of a world in which we actually have something like gender parity and rightly so.Need a great listen to start your day off right?This episode of the Olympic podcast is it. It focuses on the Olympic Refugee Team, which will have 36 members representing in Paris. If youre not familiar with the team, prepare yourself to find your new favourite athletes while tuning in to the pod because each and every one of these extraordinary competitors has also completed the Herculean task of getting themselves to safety from home countries that have become inhospitable. If anything encapsulates the intended spirit of the Olympics, its this. Listen here.Morning Viewing:The Champs-Elysee is closed to cars for the first time in well, we cant remember how long! The Place de la Concorde has been reshaped as the home of breaking. The Seines waters are clearer every day. Theres a tonne of change underway Paris heres a look at how its all coming along.