Thought it was about time for a little update.
I decided not to write about the Thanksgiving/Birthday/Pirate week…just like I probably won’t write too much about Christmas and New Years, simply because it was just too eventful and I believe the pictures (whether seen on Facebook or Myspace) can pretty much tell the story for you. Apologies.
Anyhoozies – Winter is upon us. Adam and I went out for our first real ski weekend on December 5-7. Good times were had by all. I originally did not plan on going, as I am watching my money….especially since Christmas is coming. But needless to say…Peer-pressure is a BI*CH. Adam comes home from work on Friday the 5th and says “Okay, so you ready to go?” I played dumb and said “Go where?” One thing led to another, and we were out the door. Rollin in the new BMW up to Taos.
The Abominable Snowmansion – What a name for a hostile at $25/night. It’s definitely “abominable”. This wasn’t the first time we had stayed there. Luckily enough…we got a room in the main building with a private bathroom. As for the last time, we slept in a 5′x5′ cabin (a.k.a. box), with no heat, and plywood for a mattress, and a few blankets. Comfy, you say? Heck no. Our new room consisted of a bathroom/shower room, one queen size bed, and about 7 sets of bunk beds. That’s it. Not even a TV. But it was better than “the box.” Adam was even scared to walk around barefoot.
Skiing was awesome, even though they only had about 7 runs open. It was still manageable. I forgot how much I love Taos…not only do they have trailersthat come around to your car to give you a ride up to the mountain, but the people up there are so great and love to help you out in any way possible. Withthat said, we quit early on Saturday so we could watch the Florida Gators game (they won), and I ended up hanging at the bar with the head of ski patrol (who was hammered), but bought me two shots of SoCo and Lime. Sweet! Adam and I also killed about 3 or 4 beers each. It was a pretty fun day, but I was sleepy and was in bed by 10pm.
Sunday I had a headache all day (for obvious reasons), but managed to ski a full day without complaining. The skiing was great, but got icy later because the temp was dropping. We rolled out of there around 3 and we were home by 6:30. I was damn tired, unpacked, and crashed out!
Friday the 12th rolled around and I get a random text from my friend Zach. He informed me he just got laid off from his job and was saving money to go to the Orange Bowl in Miami for New Years. He had a pretty decent amount saved up thus far, but the trip was turning out to be a little pricier than expected….so he asked what I was up to this week. “NOTHING!!” Next thing you know, he was on a plane out of Indy at 7am on Saturday the 13th. This is what I love about Zach. Not only is he my little brother I never had, but he’s so random about everything (like me). If he wants to pack up and go somewhere, he’s gone!
I picked him up from the airport at 2 on Saturday afternoon, we went home, and decided what to do for the night. I had totally forgotten about my office dinner party at my bosses house, so I kinda had to go to that. Zach came with me, met everyone from my department, we ate dinner, did a White Elephant exchange, and we got outta there. I wasn’t really in a mood to torture Zach with a “work party,” we we got out of there and went home. He was tired from the jet-lag, so we put in a movie and went to bed.
Sunday, we were well rested and went up into the mountains to do some hiking. We were gone all afternoon checking out the hot springs and playing in the snow. It was a great day, a little chilly, but very relaxing to just hang out withMother Nature. After a few hours of hiking, we headed home to catch some of the last football games of the day. Zach was nice enough to go to the store to buy food and cook dinner too! He made spaghetti withhomemade sauce with sausage chunks. It was absolutely delish.
Ah, Monday, back to work. We had heard snow was on the way, but I hardly thought anything of it because they are usually wrong anyway. Not this time. Zach stayed at my house all day and applied for jobs and got his resume together, while I slaved away at work…well until 4pm when the “white death” hit. I told a few people I was gonna cut out early before things got worse. Well, it still took me 2.5 hours to get home. UGH! By the time I got home, I was in a crabby mood from sitting in traffic, but ready to make some cocktails and pretend work was cancelled the next day. Adam was home, Scott was sitting in traffic still, and Zach was cooking breakfast for dinner. I poured a Jack and Coke and sat on the couch to catch my breath and relax. One thing led to another, the snow kept falling, so it was time to play. The four of us tore open more Jack and Cokes, put on our winter clothes, and tossed a football in the street till about 10pm. Adam being from Florida, doesn’t own a sled…but he definitely owns a boogie board. And living in the desert…we don’t have too many hills to sled down. But it’s a good thing the boogie board has a strap. We took turns dragging each other around on the board in the middle of the street. Fun times, but it was getting late, and we were all getting kinda drunk and waking up the neighbors.
Tuesday, our roads were still a mess. Apparently we don’t get snow plowing service in my neighborhood. And after driving 2.5 hours to get home last night, there was no way I was about to drive in it again. Adam took the day off too. So we just sat around allll day day watching TV. It was the greatest thing ever! Later that day the snow had completely melted away and was definitely driveable again. Zach and I went out to a very nice Chophouse called Monticello’s Chophouse. I think our bill was easily over $100, but he didn’t let me see it. What a nice guy. This was Zach’s last night, so we just came home, he packed up, and we went to bed. I took him to the airport at 5:30am on Wednesday and said Goodbye! I love surprise visitors!!!!
Now, today is my last day at work till 2009. Tomorrow I head back to Cincy for the holidays. I can’t wait to see everyone!!
