Skiing Pro

Here I am, sitting in the library in Vail, looking out at the hills and pine trees. I'll be honest...I love it and somewhere in my dreams I think I may just move out here. Today is our day of relaxation, which is really quite amazing since yesterday was a full day of skiing.

It was my first time skiing ever. I was pretty nervous going into it, so Blom was gonna give me a little lesson on a green slope, which is the easiest. Instead, he accidentally took me on a blue (intermediate) and I hated my life for the next hour. I fell about ever minute or two, my skiis would fly off regularly, and there were definite moments that I was rolling down the mountain. I probably swore under my breath more in that hour than I have in the rest of my life combined. Okay, that's not true, but it was a lot. Thankfully, Drew was willing to put up with my beginning stages and once we actually found the green trails, I found my experience much more successful, and therefore, much more fun. Really, staying up and getting down the hill isn't the problem. The problem is that you go so freaking fast. And then you realize rather quickly that you are no longer in control, and I personally don't like that feeling at all. So going is easy, slowing down and stopping is hard. There were still many other falls throughout the day, some quite extreme (there was that moment I was already going way too fast and then went flying...almost literally...over this bank down a steep hill), but I also found that I love skiing. Of course I'm still not good, but I can get both up and down the mountain somewhat successfully, and really, that's the goal. It was more fun that I thought it would be and there were even those moments that I would fly head over heals into a snow bank, but then some girl would ski up to me and say, "Are you alright?" If you wanna meet the snow bunnies, you can't be a good skiier. This is the wisdom of the hills.

Today my entire body is sore, especially my butt. A lot of hard falls caught up with me and there was nothing the hot tub could do to help too much. My right knee hurts, my wrists, my fingers, and I also have a pretty dramatic sunburn on my cheeks. But besides all that, I had a most enjoyable experience, so enjoyable in fact, that we may go skiing again tomorrow.