the season has begun

Are you still there? Is anyone still sticking around? Not sure, but here goes. This time I do have a better excuse for not writing because I have been working every day since I've been back in town. Today is my first day off in 9 days. Don't get me wrong - I am not complaining since I did have about a month off, and I prepared myself not to complain because of that. So any complaints that may sneak out, I quickly retract.

And today is a good day as it is my day of revival - I'm going snowboarding. The last, (and only) time I had a snowboard on was 12 years ago. It was my first attempt and it didn't go so well, which is probably why it's been 12 years. But now I have Kelley to teach me, which started yesterday with some mental preparation, visualizing what I will be doing. Which includes falling. Often. That, I am prepared for.

In other exciting news - I got a Christmas tree! Probably the most exciting thing about the week. As many of you know (and have had a good laugh about) I have brought my Christmas tree stand wherever I've moved in the last 5 years, knowing that one day it would be used again. So finally it is! However, the tree I picked out is bigger than the one I had bought with the stand at the time, so in order to make it fit, Kelley and I had to saw at the trunk to make it smaller, but since it was so hard (seriously, while sawing, I was yelling and cursing that it was the worst thing I've done IN MY LIFE), we stopped when the trunk could slide in just at the top, even though it needed more sawing so that the trunk hit the bottom of the stand. So...it wouldn't stand up straight without falling. Which is where a pretty ribbon came into play as it's tied to the tree and connected to my curtain rod to make it stand up straight. Ta da! It works. And then I decorated it, and it looks beautiful! If I do say so myself. I come home at night, turn on the tree lights and stare at it, and it makes me happy. I will take a picture.

What else, what else...work is ok. I will write a different post on that when I have more energy to write about working in the service industry, which is the case at my concierge job. I am not good at that kind of service, I am finding out. But oh well - they are paying me. That's all that matters right now in this economy, right?

Otherwise, it's so snowy and beautiful here. There is supposed to be another storm hitting us tomorrow and lasting until Thursday. I love it. Even if I slip every ten steps and it takes me an extra ten minutes to walk to work, it's well worth it because it makes everything so pretty.

Ok, off to do some more mental preparation for my snowboarding today...see you all later when I'm sore and bruised.