I ended up working Weds-Fri. I still have the OT student, so it was helpful to go in on Friday to supervise her work. And I had a Bunco night out to enjoy with the neighbor ladies. I enjoy getting to know the people that live nearby. Turns out our recent Bunco party was hosted by the wife of Scott's Boy Scout Troop Eagle project mentor. Mr Johnson also teaches the archery program every year at the Cub Scout summer camp. All their boys are grown and off to college, but he still enjoys working with the scout program. Small world.
We enjoyed the benefits of belonging to the scout organization by heading off to the ski slopes on Saturday for Scout Ski Weekend. We got a terrific deal on lift tickets, rentals and lessons. Only $49.00 to ski all day. (or as long as I can last). I tried to gather up a large group of Scott's friends, but we could only get one response from his girlfriend Tori. I also tried to recruit Allison's group of friends and roommates, but the girls had a frisbee tournament in Delaware that weekend. Sounds like Allison would have preferred skiing. She was one of the only drivers in the group, and 10 of them ended up sharing 1 hotel room. Needless to say, Allison did not get much sleep last weekend. Especially since the girls all wanted to go out late Sat. night. And since the girls stayed out late the night before, it did not do much for their playing skills on Sunday. Allison reports they managed to win only 1 game. She was not amused.
Meanwhile, Scott, Tori and I had a wonderful day out on the slopes. You take a risk having to buy tickets in advance. Never know what the weather will be like. And since it is so close to Spring, you can't be sure if it will be too warm to really keep any snow on the hills. Fortunately it was a bit chilly the week before. We even had a bit of snow that Friday morning. Scott had hoped for 1 more day off school, but no such luck. At least it was cold enough to make snow on the mountain in Pennsylvania where we skiied. I was happy to just stay in bed most of the week before, resting up from the flu as well as giving my broken toe time to heal. We headed off early Saturday morning and arrived early enough to get our equipment and head outside. It was partly cloudy, and chilly when the sun was not out. But a bit warm when it was shining. At least the snow was not melting down the hill, although it was a bit icy. And it was packed so hard in the morning when they groomed the slopes that when you turned, you slid sideways down the hill! You really had to dig in your skis. So it made for quite a work out. At least the slopes were not too crowded(another bonus of skiing later in the season). I used to love Spring skiing out west. Lots of warm sun, but you can still ski. You don't have to wear all those heavy coats and sweaters! Just don't fall down in the snow. Then it gets cold. I heard the scout ski event the weekend before was packed. So I enjoyed a day of skiing on my own. Scott and Tori spent half the day skiing and then took their lunch break mid afternoon. Afterwards, they decided to try their hand at snowboarding. Neither one had ever tried boarding, and this was their chance to take a lesson and switch equipment without any extra costs. Turns out they were both naturals at boarding, and Scott really fell in love with this new experience. Now he would like to just go snowboarding. I would have loved to have seen them in action, but they were just too fast for me. Plus I stayed on the beginner slopes and they spent most of the day on the intermediate slopes after their lesson. By then I was eating lunch. And it was still just a bit icy to take on the black diamond slopes, especially for Tori. I decided to wrap up one last run late in the afternoon and headed up the ski lift. I knew it was time to quit when my ski fell off! The staff picked it up and passed it on to some medics a few chairs back. So great, I would have my ski at the top of the slope to get back down. However, there was still the trick of skiing off the chair lift. ON ONE SKI! So I invented my own sport. Slalom skiing. At least they slowed the chair lift down a bit. I managed to balance on my right ski while heading down the ramp. I used my left boot for balance, along with my poles, but my broken toe took most of the pressure. But everyone was so impressed that I did not fall down! And it looked like my ski binding was not working well. The medics locked it in place as best they could so at least I was able to make it down the hill. Ski trip over for me. It was a very fun day overall!
Meanwhile, Tom was busy recuperating at home. He has been sick with a cold/bronchitis/pneumonia something and coughing his lungs out for over two weeks now. I did not want to bring my mom over to our house. I was already worried that Allison was going to catch something. Scott seemed to squeak by with just a cold through all this. Neither kid can afford to get sick. Allison is busy with classes and frisbee. Scott is busy with school and scouts. He set up another successful scout meeting with a presentation on public health. I spent the meeting helping the parents prepare Scouting for Food bags. And of course Scott had to work and go to his guitar lesson. Plus I had to take him for his yearly check up to fill out the boy scout forms for summer camp. Tom and I can't afford to get sick either, but we make do. Tom finished his first online class on a high note and signed up for another semester. He hated the class and the teaching method of his new prof., so he dropped the course and picked up another. At least he can do his classwork and some work work from home on the computer. His new class is better, but he is annoyed by new profs issues with paper writing protocol. Tom is not sure if the prof is actually reading the papers. Sometimes he is not even sure how many profs are actually teaching his class at times either. He knew he had too good of a start with his first class. But he is really enjoying the experience so far.
Congratulations goes to Allison who was accepted into the Perdue Business School Sorority,
Beta Gamma Sigma. Basically an Honor Society in the Business school for the top 10% in their class. We will be attending her induction ceremony and dinner at Salisbury in April.
Scott and Tori gear up for snowboarding!
Hitting the slopes
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