Whoosh!

Yay! I went skiing! M took me skiing with one of the guys from my team at work and his friend on Saturday. What fun! They all are actually very good skiers/snow boarders. I suck, so mostly I spent the day on the blue and some green hills, trying not to get killed by out of control snowboarders, while the boys (heh) were off jumping off of things on the harder runs. In spite of losing a ski getting on the lift, falling off the lift, getting run over by several snowboarders, and getting run into a tree, I had a blast. The guy from work broke his foot jumping over a mogul so all things considered I did very well.

Snow is good. I had forgotten how much I enjoy going whoosh down the side of a mountain (ok, a hill, if that, given how well I ski) and just being up in the mountains. I'm not really good enough to have "good days" or "off days" at this point but I think if I manage to actually go more often next year I'll be in pretty good shape. I just need to get over the fear of breaking myself.

Sunday was quite nice. I went home for a few hours to sew, be at home with my cat in daylight, and get some laundry done. I did mange to get the latest hideous Rainbow thing cut out, so that's something. I should be able to get some work done this week, I don't have quite so many after-school activities planned, except for sewing and financial aid package type stuff. M and I are supposed to go take an Argentine tango lesson on Thursday, which should be fun, but that is the only concrete plan I have this week. Yay!

Anyhow, J, one of mt friends from the GBACG, come over to sew on Sunday. Her husband was coming back from Iraq last night, so she was pretty excited and nervous and needed some distraction. We both got our latest projects cut out, and had a nice time with the nervous chatter and planning outfits for the eveaning. Why I was so nervous I really don't understand. I cooked dinner for M at his place, it's not like he hasn't eaten my cooking before, but for some reason I was terribly nervous about it. As it turns out, I had no need to be. Everything came out quite well, even if I did slightly over-salt the spinach (which wasn't entirely my fault, I was using a new seasoned salt blend I'd never tried before and it turned out to be more salty that I had expected).

I actually feel pretty good this morning, fairly relaxed and rested, and ready to face the week. Not getting up at 6 AM really helps. Also talking to my landlord about the whole stuck with extra rent again problem was really a big relief. He's a wonderful man, and gave us a nice break on the part the we got stiffed on, so I'm feeling much better about that. Plus we might have found someone to take the extra room for at least a few months. Which would be a brilliant thing. Getting someone in there to cover things while we look for a more permanent solution is a brilliant thing.