Olympic Challenge: Ceiling Semi-Finals

So now that the room is prep it is on to the painting events. The first of which is painting the ceiling. This is the only room in the house with a ceiling fan:

This needed to be removed before the event began. Luckily, Chris was kind enough to do this while I was away:

Armed with an extension pole and a gallon of semi-gloss ultra pure white paint the event began:

I will have to admit, painting the ceiling is my least favorite part of painting a room, and boy, was this ceiling thirsty. It drank up the whole gallon. But we persevered and won:

Ultimately, the white paint wins the gold in this event. I'd like to think of it a bit like the Coney Island hot dog eating contest. The white paint was the Joey Chestnut of this event.