I havent skied yet this week.
But for now, I havent skied yet this week.
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My partner has been out three days already this week.
Overhead, blower, superlative after superlative comes to mind.
I guess I ought to have FOMO.
This winter though, Ive been coming to a kind of uneasy peace with my relationship with skiing.
Ive mostly grown out of the frothy, aggressive, I NEED to ski right NOW!
attitude Ive had for the last decade or so.
Recently I realized that Ive skied more good days in my life than I have any right to.
I would be content.
At least, so I tell myself.
key in, video call, phone call, click, key in.
Theres a wall of white outside my window now.
Shovel so the cars can get out, so that housemates can go skiing.
Now its time to pay for a little bit of the luxury of great skiing Ive taken for granted.
Click, punch in some more.
Im a mature adult.
I dont get powder fever.
I can hold it!
But tomorrow Im going skiing.
Who knows how good the snow will be.
Maybe terrible, beat up and depleted.
Ive gotten more than I deserve.
Im going skiing tomorrow!
