Great Skiing

And the snow keeps coming down.  This is the best winter we have had in many, many years.  The skiing is great.  Every local here is happy.  Business is up, skiing is great and this is how I remember it when I first moved here.  I have been skiing this week and I can't believe how good it is.  We're skiing lines on the mountain that we've never been able to ski.  Everyone is talking about the same thing.  How good the skiing is. 
Today was freezing but it kept the snow cold and the conditions were perfect.  The sun came out and it was a bluebird day.  It was just cold.  I was driving home from work tonight and it was dumping out.  So, tomorrow should be another good day for powder and I will be on the mountain.  
If you are reading this blog and you do not live in Colorado but want to come out skiing, this is the year to do it.  The conditions are excellent. 
Happy skiing. 

It's January, It's OK

I'm now feeling guilty.  Guilty for not getting out more and getting a taste of this fresh Colorado mountain air.  I have been a huge home body, sleep in queen and a lazy arse.  The weather here is not motivating me one bit to get out and get active.  I guess I feel that when I work I am getting exercise, which I am, and that I need to save my energy FOR work.  So now, I am in this weird thought process that I should rest for work and rest after work.  It's working.  I'm not doing anything but working and resting.  
So now I say, well, it's January and January is a time for hibernating.  I guess if I have to stay indoors and be non-active it should be in the month of January.  February is a half a month away and I promise, February 1st I'll get motivated.  Rest assured. 

Disconnected

I'm feeling very disconnected lately.  Especially from my husband.  We can't seem to have a conversation without an argument and we are not at all on the same page.  Not a good feeling since things were going so well for us over the summer.  We even talked about it on our many walks on the beach.  We promised when we returned to our lives in the mountains we would not be disconnected.  Well, we both broke our promise and it feels terrible.  The stress of our everyday lives have just took over and now we need to figure out how to live in peace and harmony.  It'll happen.  We always seem to tough out the hiccups in our marriage.  I guess that's why we have been together for 25 years. 
I'm also feeling disconnected from the situation at home in MN.  It's not easy being almost 1000 miles from them.  I can't help and I can't stand not helping.  My Dad is home and my brothers are rotating staying with him, which I am so thankful for.  I have great brothers who care.  Thanks guys. 
I'm not connected with my bff's either.  I haven't skied with them for a long time and I really need to get out and have some good laughs with my friends, skiing. 
So, with that all said it's time to juice something and get over feeling disconnected and make some phone calls to my bff's and tell my husband I love him. 

Juicer

I followed through with a new year resolution today and finally bought myself a juicer.  I opted for a good one and it was a bit pricey but I think it'll be worth it.  I'm one of those shoppers who never buys something that doesn't get used.  I research what I'm buying and I really look at all of my options.  The juicer has been a big deal for me to buy and I finally broke down today and purchased the one I kept looking at on the shelf.  I went for the auger style.  I brought my new juicer home, with my new, fresh, organic veggies and fruit and made my self some healthy juice.  It was darn good.  Here's what I juiced. 
1 beet
4 carrots
1 apple
1/2 bunch Cilantro
1 tomato
It produced around a cup and a half of juice and I drank it down.  I felt good and healthy.  I can't wait to make my juice tomorrow. 
I am one happy juicer. 

Day Off

After 8 days of  going in to work, today is a day off.  I have decided not to answer my phone if it rings at 4:00 for fear that it will be work calling me in for a shift.  I would go in because the money is too hard to pass up as are the hours.  I need the hours.  I still am biting my nails about my insurance because I missed a week of work and didn't have any PTO hours to make up for it.  If I don't maintain a 32 hour work week they boot you out of the insurance system and you lose.  I've been working with my manager on this and she is reassuring me that "hopefully" the paperwork went through.  Reassure and hopefully in the same sentence don't bide well with me.   If I do get booted out of the insurance system and they drop my plan I have to wait 6 or 8 weeks, or something like, that before I can get it back.  So now I wait and see.  Argh! 

So here I sit in my cozy house looking out at yet another cold and cloudy day, snow on and off, fire going in the stove and I'm too tired to put it together to go skiing.  I really, really need the exercise and I know it would give me the kick start I so desperately want.  January is a tough month.  It's generally the coldest.  This January is no exception.  Our cat, who only uses the great outdoors to relieve himself, is really hating this cold.  He refuses to use the litter box inside so he quickly gets his business done, usually right on the deck out our front door, and comes back inside.  It's quite funny to watch him fuss with his paws when he steps out.  He is not happy about it.

Thursday is usually my yoga morning.  Tuesday and Thursday.  I am cutting back on spending so my yoga class was one of the first indulgences to go.  I gave this some serious thought since I know I am the one who I should be taking care of first but it is costing money and I can and should do it at home now that I know what I am doing, somewhat.  I do love my yoga instructor and will be missing her.  So, wii yoga here I come.  I am interested in a wii workout.  If anyone has a good suggestion for that let me know.  I'm new to wii and I am wanting to get a good workout video. 

I will be attending parent/teacher conferences tonight.  School is halfway through the year.  It's going fast. 

Another cup of coffee is calling my name.  I love my Costa Rica coffee maker.  It makes the perfect cup of Joe.  Maybe I'll rally and go skiing.  Nah.  I'm not going to let my laziness get me down.  Curling up in my blanket is awfully nice too. 
 

The Human Body

The human body is amazing. My Dad suffered a blood clot causing his heart to stop, liver and kidney failure, no oxygen to his brain for minutes, was shocked back to life, was frozen for 48 hours then defrosted, and is now home in his house.


It's just mind boggling. Happy New Year Dad. Glad you are still with us.

 

Meanwhile, my body is taking a beating.  At 46 years old, I'm feeling every year and then some.  Waiting tables and carrying those trays is taking it's toll and last night I had such awful pain in my back I couldn't even function.  Try smiling and acting like everything is going just great when my sciatic nerve is making me look like I slipped on a banana peel, and my back is spasming as I'm setting down your cocktail (it's tempting to take a chug off of that Makers/coke on my way to your table).  But, I'm a professional and I won't sip off of your drink, or show you my pain or complain to you while you are having the time of your lives.  I love my job and I am glad to be working.  I just need to pop another Aleve and get over it.  And stretch.  And do yoga.  And remember that others aren't so fortunate to be working. 

But man, will my insurance come in handy for my chiropractor.
Time for some Aleve, a shower, and another night of wincing.

Happy New Year

I rang in the new year at work.  I was happy to be making money and it was a good night for making money.  By the time I got home it was 2 am.  I was pretty tired but at the same time wired so I started watching TV for a bit and then went to bed and read my book.  Finally, I turned the lights out at 3 and slept in.  We had the coldest morning we've had so far this winter but we still rallied to go skiing.  It hadn't warmed up much by noon when we got out there.  It was one of those, ski 2 or 3 runs and go in because you are freezing.  The kids were nearly crying from their feet thawing out which I remember so vividly from my childhood and ice skating.  Painful. 
We came home and cranked up the stoves and I had just poured myself a glass of wine and the phone rang.  It was my manager from work and she asked me if I could work because they had picked up so much.  Sure, I was happy to go in and make some money.  So, I hurried up and got ready for work and 15 minutes later I was out the door.  Our T-bones, which I had thawed out, would have to wait.  And my wine. 
It was yet another busy night and now it's 12:15am and I am home wired from the night.  It's 15 below zero out and tomorrow, hopefully, will warm up some.  Most of the tourists will leave so I can get to the grocery store and stock my fridge.  It's been so crazy that I just haven't been able to get to the store, bank, etc. 
Let's hope we get some warmer weather.  I love that this holiday season is ending.  It's time to get those kids back to school and get some things done around here.  This 2 week school break feels like it's been a month.  Being in MN for a week adds to that.  Monday will be a good day for me. 
Happy New Year.  Let's see what new adventures our family will have in 2011.