On the Thursday we had our staff ski trip (which i realise might sound rather perverse, given that we work on a ski resort, but still!), and since i usually work that day, I was always going to have a 4 day week this week, but as it turns out it was a 3 day week.
On Wednesday we had gales forcast so the mountains all shut, since they were unable to operate the chair lifts. On reflection, it's very strange having a job where you can get an impromtu day off, simply because it's windy outside, but I guess that's just the way life goes! At first I was a bit annoyed because a 4 day week is one thing, but this week i had more days off than i worked, and at that point you feel the fact you won't be earning much! Anywayz, as it turned out, it's totally been good for me - it's like having half term, which given that i haven't had more than a weekend off since november, was pretty timely, gave me a chance to have a rest and do fun/useful stuff.
So on wednesday i spent a very pleasant afternoon wandering around Vancouver, watching some interesting-looking filming going on, and then re-writing my resume in Starbucks, as well as starting a couple of covering letters. Came back and watched a good but slightly weird film - turns out, looking it up on wikipedia subsequently, that it was classed as an 'erotic thriller', which might explain why it wasn't quite what we were expecting!
Thursday, as I mentioned was our staff trip, and it was pretty epic really. We went to Hemlock which is a couple of hours east of Vancouver. There's some very weird countryside between here and there, but it was interesting seeing something different! Anywayz, Hemlcok was shut on sunday becuase they had too much snow(!?), which i guess is a bit like having the wrong kind of leaves on the track... Anywayz, once the ski resort had figured out the whole snow thing, they were shut again until thrusday, since they only run long weekends. As such by the time we got there, there was over 2 metres of accumulated fresh powder - soooo much awesome. Spent the morning on some more gentle slopes getting used to it, then spent all afternoon with one of the instructors on the black runs, ssurfing on the snow. It was great - you could go down a much steeper slope much quicker than you usually would simply because if you got it wrong, you'd just end up either firmly wedged and digging yourself out, or you would make a massive crater and have to somehow extracate yourself, but in anycase, it was pretty difficult to hurt yourself! Soooo much snow. The rest of the season is just not going to be able to live up to that. In fact, i'm not convinced I'll find that again anywhere anytime soon, backcountry aside - fairly extraordinary...
Most of the ski school and some hang-ons (see if you can spot me!) at Hemlock:
Friday was spent being pampered and being wholesome.
Got up and tidied the living room, since some prospective future tenants were coming round, then headed out for a haircut. Bit of an experiment since it was at the Aveda Academy, where they train students - you even have to sign a liability waiver before you have anything done! On the up side, i was totally impressed with the cut and that they had to check each section with their educator, mostly though, i liked it because it was only $18, which is one of the cheapest haircuts i've ever had, and for a pretty stylish cut as well. On the down side, it did take nearly two hours, but left me free perfectly in time for lunch, which I had at the nearby Trees cafe ('the best Cheesecake in Vancouver'), and indeed, the cheesecake was excellent.
Finally, I actually got around to redeeming my Groupon voucher for a months unlimited Bikram Yoga. Interesting experience. I'm sure yoga is very good for you, but i remain unconvinced that moving your arms upwards 'strtches the optic muscle', or that folding at the hips 'detoxifies your kidneys and your pancreas', or that doing it in 37*c heat is good for you, but it was certainly a good workout, if not a little bit fad-ish/ever-so-slightly-cultish... I'll definitelytry and fit in as much in the month as i can - give it a fair go. That said, despite my best intentions, i missed it today because apparently i'm incapable of reading a timetable - oops, but that did mean more skiing for me! :D Nice little mini holiday :)
Anywayz, like i said on the last post, job applications call!
(I'll try to post a bit more from now one - in any case in a few weeks i'll be doing new stuff, what ever that might be because our lease will have run out and i won't be in the same job, that should give me something to write about!)
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