Well, did you get to go skiing?

YES!!! Finally. Jeff even went with me! He was worried since he'd had a few bad skiing experiences in college, but this time he started out slowly, I taught him the basics, and he did great!!! We also took a neighbor kid with us, he's 14, only been skiing 6 times, and WOW is he great. Slalom down the hill like a madman, tucked his poles and crouched at the end and rocketed down the hill. It was all I could do to keep up with him! We had several ski races, but he won every time. Still, it was fun and such a rush to crouch down, tuck your poles behind you and FLY down the hill. Jacob would ski straight back into the lift line but I liked screeching to a turning stop and waiting for Jeff to come down the hill.

Near the end of the day, I could tell Jacob was ready for the black diamond (most difficult) run, so I dragged him over to that lift. "I'm not ready for Level III yet, I'm only a Level II skiier" he yelled. I told him he was ready, just trust me. We got to the top and I told him to follow me down slowly, Halfway down the hill, he gained his confidence and took off. I slalomed down after him, saw where he crouched and tucked, figured if a 14 y/o could race straight down a black diamond, so could I. So I did! What fun. You really have to have confidence that you won't fall. If you get nervous that you're going too fast or that you'll fall, you will. Thankfully I didn't fall one single time, which was nice since I wasn't wearing ski pants!!!