December 22, 2007

• Last day in Tahoe.

  I went snowboarding the other day, and it was really, really painful. My knee are sore, and my arms and shoulders scream in pain when I try to put on my jacket. But, it was very fun too. scary, but fun. MAYBE I'll try again in the future... maybe.

  It's really beautiful up here. We're staying at the Marriott which is right at the base of the ski slopes. the gondola that takes you up to the runs is right outside the back door of the hotel. You can see the entire lake from up there

  

  It's a good thing we're staying in a suite, cuz I'm here with my parents, my three cousins and two aunts. I think I've gained about ten pounds.

  

  Isn't the room nice? except, now it looks like a tornado blew threw with clothes and gloves and goggles and beanies and scarves.

  At the end of the snowboarding lesson, we went up the easy lift. While getting off the lift, everything seemed fine, even my instructor was saying, "nice job!" Then, I ate it BIG TIME. I fell on my face and I slid about ten feet and my jacket and sweater rode all the way up to my face. To add insult to injury, all this snow got lodged into my button holes (the kind you squeeze together) of my jacket and it turned to ice, so I couldn't even close my jacket.

  i don't have documentation of the fall... except in the memory of my instructor and the twenty other people who were lingering in the area.

  i drove around the lake with cousins and aunts, and it was beautiful, but icy... i thought my heart was going to explode out of my chest at one point. There's this super icy road with a sheer drop on both sides. while everyone was oohing and ahing at the view, i was clutching the steering wheel willing myself not to kill us accidentally.

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