So, life continues to pootle on; work,ski, work, sleep, work, snowboard, work, snowsnowsnowsnow...
As dad has pointed out to me, I haven't updated this in 3 weeks. This is partly because time is flying far quicker than it ought to - slightly running away with me, and partly because I don't have all that much new to say. Mostly been working and saving (or attempting to anyway), going out with friends and doing more snow-related stuff... That said, for a predictable life, it's still excellent fun!
A couple of weeks ago I started my 'Ladies Club' ski lessons. The first week was a complete washout lesson-wise, we had about 10 minutes of teaching and then lightning struck somewhere, which is a cue for the lift ops to stop the chairs running immediately (Fair play - i don't know what happens if you're on a chairlift whe it gets hit by lightning, but i have no desire to find out!). Rubbish, you might think, 10 minutes into your first lesson... that is, until amazing/scary mantainance woman flies down the hill on her skidoo and tells you that the lifts will be out for at least an hour until it passes, and you can either walk up the hill, OR they'll skidoo you up :D ! Eek! I've been wanting to do that all season (and preferably not have to break anything in order to do so!). Soon enough every skidoo on the mountain descended on the bottom of the lift and took us all up the hill. It was Awwwwesome, with a capital 'A'... sooo cool. I'd totally take that over a ski lesson any day, I got to get a job on one of those :D
Anywayz, we've had a couple of lessons since then, and my skiing is definitely improving - it's really nice that as you get better, not only do you stand to hurt yourslef less, but you also look more stylish. Nice.
The other nice thing about skiing and snowboardig at the moment is that we've recently had a huge dump of snow - over 200cms in the last couple of weeks, which is a massive relief after a month of rain and ice. It's so nice to be on proper powder. And what's more, when it's not snowing spring is occasionally rearing it's lovely head and we get several days at a time of beautiful blue skies and sunshine. Infact, though it was cloudy today, it was ufficiently warm that for the first time this year i didn't have a fleece or hoodie on under my jacket, just a couple of long tshirts.
As for how i've been spending the rest of my time, well i've been idly looking for jobs this summer and being rather indecisive about it. As the end of the season gets closer, i'm actually getting around to applying to things occasionally. Originally I was fairly set on tree planting, but for some am unable to be around with phone signal when they want me for phone interviews, and for others am not enough of a student. I do have a couple of promising leads though, so we'll see. In the mean time i'm looking at work elsewhere - mainly more seasonal jobs, either up in the Rockies (Banff/Jasper way) or, if i can possibly help it, in Tofino, on the western side of Vancouver Island. I hear jobs there are hard to come by, but if i could it would be awesome - then i could spend a summer on/by the sea and maybe even learn to surf - that would make my year :D Failing either of those coming to fruition, I'll probably stick around Vancouver, which I can only imagine would be glorious in Summer.
Actually applying for jobs like this is massivley onerous, but I quite enjoy all the possibilities involved! A few of our friends have recently left Vancouver for colder pastures further east - Montreal and Toronto, so it'll be intersting to hear how they get on!
Anywayz, time to do some applications!
If you have any inspired thoughts on what to do with my summer, I'd be very happy to hear them!
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