Spring Break!

This is spring break week.

And originally, this blog was going to go dark, but I decided that I'd write a few blogs in advance and auto post them.

Sorry, but I won't be able to respond to any of your comments this week. Though I will read them after I sort through the bazillion and one digests that I'll have to read and/or simply delete.

I love Spring Break, except that no matter where you go there will be crowds. Ugh!

We missed skiing last year, so this year we are going for four days! Woohoo!
Instead of putting the kiddo in ski school, she promised to ski with us without complaining. . . Yeah, I'll believe it when it happens, too! We still have the threat of ski school hanging over her head if she grips too much or doesn't listen to our instructions.

Personally, I think she'll do well. Two years ago we discovered that it works best if I lead the pack with the kid in the middle and hubster batting clean-up (he can pick her up when she falls down--I can't, she's too heavy). As skiers, we like to stick on the blue runs. Neither one of us are very adventurous on the black runs, unless they're groomed. Steeps are okay, just don't give me any freakin' bumps! My knees can't handle it! So she'll just follow my tracks with hubster batting clean up or pick up depending on how much snow the kiddo eats. Every now and then, I think hubster or I will break away to bomb a slope or two and then meet up again.

Now, all we have to do is get through the hell of driving 12 hours to Keystone. Talk about a butt-numbing experience. Seat heaters are a blessing especially if your lower back gets sore sitting, but then again the butt cheeks tend to get sweaty in the process.

Or is that TMI?

Ski on!