1.03.2005

DETAILS ABOUT MY ALMOSTAWEEKLONG SKI TRIP PART 3

IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING, PLEASE BEGIN READING AT "DETAILS ABOUT MY ALMOST A WEEK LONG SKI TRIP" WHICH IS TWO ENTRIES DOWN, THEN AFTER YOU'VE CONCLUDED READING THAT ENTRY, GO TO THE ENTRY ABOVE IT (THE ONE JUST BELOW THIS ENTRY) AND READ THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. I AM IN THE FINAL STAGES OF LETTING YOU KNOW HOW MY ALMOSTAWEEKLONG SKI TRIP WENT, AND I ADVISE YOU TO BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING.

NOW, WHERE WERE WE? OH YES,

SATURDAY>DAY 5>THE FIRST OF THE NEW YEAR
WELL, I REMEMBER WAKING UP EARLY, WATCHING SOMEMORE DRAGON TALES, AND PAINFULLY EATING SOME PANCAKES. NOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, BUT THE PANCAKES WERE ACTUALLY GOOD, IN FACT, THEY WERE DELICIOUS, HOWEVER THE PAIN COMES IN WHEN I TRIED TO MOVE MY ARM HOLDING THE FORK (MY LEFT) FROM TABLE LEVEL, TO MYMOUTH LEVEL. COUCHES.... PFT. AFTER A FANTASTIC BREAKFAST, I GOT ALL LAYERD UP, AS WELL AS THE REST OF MY ABNOXIOUS FAMILY, AND WE HIT THE SLOPES. GOODNESS GRACIOUS, THE SNOW THAT DAY... UNBELIEVEABLE. IT WAS ABSOLUTLEY PERFECT. SO BRISK. SO FRESH. AHH. SO, I DID A COUPLE RUNS, FUN FUN FUN! I WAS WITH DAN MOST OF THE TIME, BECAUSE MY MOM AND DEMITRA WERE GOING SLOW THAT DAYL, JUST, FOR SOME REASON. AND THEN ERICA WAS OFF AT A LESSON... A SNOWBOARDING LESSON. GOSH ERICA, WAY TO JUST DITCH THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND OUR BELIEFS. I DONT KNOW WHERE SHE GOT THE IDEA. I'M TOTALLY GUESSING THAT IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT LOTS OF TEENAGERS SNOWBOARD.. THAT IT MAKES YOU "COOL." YOU SEE, ERICA IS VERY MUCH A FOLLOWER , OR AT LEAST THATS WHAT SHE SEEMS LIKE TO ME, SO SHE DECIDED THAT IF YOUR A TEENAGER, YOU SHOULD SNOWBOARD, NOT SKI. (SHES TWELVE, WHAT MORE COULD YOU EXPECT). BY THE END OF THE WEEK I WAS TIERD OF HER ANYWAY, WITH HER WHOLE "I'M ALL THAT" ATTITUDE, THERE IS NO DENYING THAT ATTITUDE, EVERYONE (EVEN STRANGERS) COULD SEE IT. BUT ANYWAY, ENOUGH TRASHING MY LITTLE STEP SISTER. LETS JUST SAY, IT WAS NOT A LOSS HAVING HER OUT ON HER OWN FOR A WHILE, MORE OF "A BREATH OF FRESH FRESH FRESH AIR." OK SO ANYWAY, BY MIDDAY DAN HAD CONVINCED ME TO GO ON LOWER FLUME, A TRAIL ON THE NORTH PEAK SIDE OF LOON MOUNTIAN. IT WAS ACTUALLY FUN, TOUGH THOUGH, LIKE, BY THE END YOUR LEGS WERE BURNING FROM WORKING SO HARD. BUT ANWAY, HE'S LIKE "OH HEY LETS GO ON THAT AGAIN, I LIKED THAT TRAIL." AND SO WE SKIED. WELL, SORT OF. HE SKIED. I HALF SKIED HALF ROLLED DOWN THE MOUNTIAN. HAHA, IT ACTUALLY WASNT THAT FUNNY. SO IM SKIING ALONG RIGHT? NIGHT AND PEACEFUL, WELL, AS PEACEFUL AS YOU CAN BE WHEN YOUR LEGS ARE TREMBELING AND OTEHR SKIERS ARE FLYING PAST YOU. I DIDN'T MIND THAT TOUGH. I WASN'T ABOUT TO BREAK MY NECK ANYTIME SOON BY GOING TO FAST AND LIKE, WHIPPING INTO A TREE. NOPE, NOT MY PLAN. SO, AS I SAID, I WAS SKIING NICE AND PEACEFUL AND GOT MYSELF INTO A RYTHEM, TURN, STRAIGHT, CURVE, TURN, STRAIGHT, CURVE, TURN, STRAIGHT... A NICE LITTLE SONG I ENJOYED SINGING TO MYSELF. WELL I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY, BUT I DO KNOW THAT SOMETHING DEFINETALLY HAPPENED BECAUSE USUALLY, WHEN I SKI, I DONT FIND MYSELF WATCHING THE SKY GO AROUND AND AROUND. I WAS FALLING. FALLING, MORE AS IN A "ROLLING" SENSE. SO I ROLLED, ADN I JUST GAVE UP FIGHTING IT WHICH IN SOME CASES WOULD HAVE MADE IT WORSE. SO I JUST RELAXED AND LET MYSELF FALL. HAHA. I MUST HAVE LOOKED LIKE A TOTAL IDIOT NOT TRYING TO SAVE MYSELF. I DIDN'T REALLY CARE THOUGH, I HAD ALREADY MADE CONTACT (WHICH HURT ENOUGH) SO THERE WASN'T MUCH WORSE IT COULD GET. WELL YOU SEE FOLKS, THIS PARTICULAR TRAIL GOES RUN UNDERNEATH A SKI LIFT, A "QUAD" IT'S CALLED. SO, BASICALLY EVERYONE ON THAT LIFT MUST HAVE SEEN MY FALL. SOMETHING TO ENTERTAIN THEM ON THEIR 5 MINUTE RIDE UP THE MOUNTIAN. AS IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, I FINNALLY STOPPED AND HEARD A MAN SHOUT OUT "ARE YOU OK?" NOW, I KMNWO HE WAS JUST TRYING TO BE CONSIDERATE AND I REALLY REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT, BUT ALL THOES PEOPLE WHO BY CHANCE MISSED MY FALL NOW TURNED THEIR HEADS TO SEE WHAT ALL THE COMMOTION WAS ABOUT. I MEAN, THE MAN MUST'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOMEONE. THANK YOU KIND SIR FOR MAKING ME FEEL LIKE TWICE THE IDIOT I FELT LIKE 2 SECONDS AGO. I CALLED BACK AND SAID "THANKS I'M ALRIGHT" WHEN REALLY, MY KNEE WAS THROBBING, MY RIGHT ONE. SO I LOOKED UP AND SAW MY RIGHT SKI A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE TRAIL THAN I WAS. NOT TOO BAD. I POPPED IT ON AND IN 5 SECONDS WAS ON MY WAY DOWN THE REST OF THE TRAIL SILENTLY HOPEING THAT I DID A GOOD SHOW AND KNOWING THAT EVERYONE ON THAT LIFT WAS GING TO SKI DOWN AND OVER LUNCH TALK ABOUT THIS GIRL WHO COMPLETELY WIPED OUT AND ROLLED 50 FEET DOWNT HE MOUNTIAN. AT LEAST IT WON'T BE A DULL CONVERSATION! SO,AFTER THAT, THERE WAS NO MORE RACHEL GOIN ON THAT TRAIL FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP. WE DID A FEW MORE RUNS, NICE BLUE ONES. BLUE SQUARES. MY FAVORITE. WELL I FELL DOWN ON LOWER PICKED ROCK (ONE OF MY ACTUAL FAVORITE TRAILS) AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED EITHER. I FIGURED I HAD :CAUGHT AN EDGE" EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANS, BUT I'VE HEARD ITS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST SKIING ACCIDENTS. SO ANYWAY, I HOPED NOONE SAW THAT, EXPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE RECIGNISED ME AS TEH FALLER THEY SAW ONLY 30 MINUTES AGO ON THE BLACK TRAIL. OBVIOUSLY, I GOT UP, DUSTED MYSELF OFF AND CONTINUED ON MY JOURNEY, MY KNEE HURTING A BIT MORE THAN IT HAD BEFORE I FELL THE SECOND TIME. "OH WELL" I THUOGHT TO MYSELF. SO THEN WE MET UP WITH THE REST OF THE FAMILY (CEPT ERICA) AND WE ALL SKIED TOGETHER FOR A BIT AND WENT DOWN SOME WICKED WICKED CROWDED GREEN TRAILS WITHA BUNCH OF NON EXPIERENCED SKIERS WHO TOOK UP THE ENTIRE TRAIL GOING BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH. NICE. AND MY PERFECT LUCK VISITED ME AGAIN ON A GREEN TRAIL CALLED "THE LINK" ONE THAT WAS ICEIER THAN A SKATING RINK. I FELL. AND SLID A BIT, NOT TOO FAR THOUGH, AND WAS NEARLY RUN OVER BY A FEW OF THOSE BACKANDFORTHANDBACKANDFORTH SKIERS. I FIGURED, THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME. SO I RETREATED BACK TO THE LODGE WHERE I TOOK SOME PAIN RELIEVER MEDICINE FOR MY KNEE (WHICH NOW HAD 3 BRUISES AND ONE RED MARK ON IT) THE 3 BRUISES REPRESENTING EACH FALL AND THE RED MARK REPRESENTING HOW RED MY FACE TURNED DUE TO SHEER EMBARASSMENT WHEN I FELL. THE REST OF THE DAY CONSISTED OF US LEAVING THE MOUNTIAN AFTER HAVING LUNCH AND STOPPING OFF AT AN AWESOME STORE "THE CLOTHING OUTLET" WHICH WAS LOCATED, AGAIN, IN THE MILL PLAZA, WHERE I PURCHASED A COMPLETELY BLANK, WHITE SWEATSHIRT AND A BLACK AND WHITE SCARF THING. I DIDN'T ACTUALLY PLAN ON WEARING THE SCARF THING AS A SCARF, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE USEFULL AS A BELT TIE THING. (I SAY WOULD BECAUSE LATER ON, THE NEXT DAY, WHEN WE WERE PACKING TO LEAVE, I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT AND DIDN'T PACK IT SO, PRESENTLY> RIGHT NOW> AS YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S SITTING THERE ON THE FLOOR IN THE STUDIO STYLE ENGLISH FLAT RESEMBLING MOTEL ROOM. NIICE.) SO THEN WE WENT BACK TO OUR MOTEL ROOM, WATCHED T.V. AND READ FOR A WHILE THEN HAD SOME DELICIOUS LASAGNA. I LOVE LASAGNA. DEARLY. THEN I TOOK SOME MORE MEDICINE, KICKED EVERYONE OUTTA MY COUCH ROOM AND TRIED TO SLEEP. I DIDN'T SLEEP THAT NIGHT AT ALL. I KEPT HAVING NIGHTMARES ABOUT 2 THINGS, 1) LITTLE WHITE LEECHES THAT INFESTED MY HOME AND 2) AND LITTLE FOUR YEAR OLD BOYS GHOST WHO KEPT VISITNG ME. THOSE ARE MY TWO BIGGEST FEARS. LIKE.. I WILL START TO CRY AND SHAKE AND HAVE A BREAKDOWN IF ANY OF THOSE TWO THINGS COME UP.. EVER. SO I SLEPT WITH THE LIGHT ON. OF COURSE.

SUNDAY>DAY SIX>DAY OF DEPARTURE
WELL WELL WELL, I AWOKE WITH A FEELING OF SATISFACTION. THE LAST DAY. THE LAST DAY OF SKIING FOR A WHILE. THE LAST DAY OF STAYING IN A STUDIO STYLE ENGLISH FLAT RESEMBLING MOTEL ROOM FOR A WHILE. AND THE LAST DAY OF BEING STUCK (WITHOUT ESCAPE) WITH MY FAMILY. WE ALL AWOKE EARLY IN THE MORNING, JUST AFTER 8 I BELIEVE, AND EVERYONE HAD TO PACK UP THEIR THINGS. BOY WAS THAT CHAOTIC. I ALMOST FORGOT TO PACK MY TOOTHBRUSH. OH THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HOOOORIBLE. I MEAN, IMAGINE IF YOU WERE THE HOUSE CLEANER MAID LADY, AND YOU WENT IN THERE (THE MOTEL ROOM) AND EVERYTHIN WAS NICE AND CLEAN RIGHT WHERE YOU WALKED IN, THEN YOU GO INTO THE BATHROOM AND SEE SOMEONE ELSES TOOTHBRUSH STILL SITTING THERE IN THE CERAMIC TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER. EWW. THAT'S GROSSS. SO THEN WE LOADED UP THE CAR WITH ALL OF OUR BAGS AND FOOD AND NEW STUFF AND THEN HEADED TO THE MOUNTIAN. I SKIED 2 RUNS, THEN WENT INTO THE LODGE. MY KNEE JUST HURT TOO TOO BAD. SO I SAT IN THE LODGE WITH LITTLE MISS CRANKY PANTS (ERICA)AND DEMITRA WHO GOT TIERD OF SKIING. THEN I HAD A DELICIOUS SALAD WITH ITALIAN DRESSING THAT STUNG MY CHAPPED LIPS. STUPID DRESSING. THE LADY WHO SOLD IT TO ME AT THE COUNTER WAS WICKED NICE THOUGH. SHE WAS FROM AFRICA. VERRY COOL. SO THEN DAN AND MY MOM CAME IN FROM SKIING, ATE LUNCH, WENT OUT SKIING AGAIN, THEN CAME BACK IN, PACKED UP WITH US, AND WE ALL HEADED OUT TO THE TRUCK. WE DROVE HOME (2 1/2 HOURS) LISTENING TO BILL COSBY, THEN UNPACKED EVERYTHING. I TALKED ONLINE FOR A BIT, THEN SLEPT PEACEFULLY NOT AWAITING THE DAY THAT LIED AHEAD; THE DAY BACK TO SCHOOL.

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