I’m better … it’s the law
skiing today. Just fab
So, we’re now arguing as to who is the better skier. C thinks she’s more refined and in control. Me, I’m just better. You know. It’s a man thing. C is definitely a better knitter than me, and I can run faster than her. And for longer. Ergo I am a better skier. It’s the natural order of things.
We had a fab day today. Neither of us felt completely well when we took the chair up the mountain but, by the end of the day we were taking on little short cut routes we had not found before and zooming down long reds to the bottom of the mountain. For me, for the first time since we got here. I do feel as though I have improved. So much so, and still with the outstanding question ‘who is the better skier’, we are going back up the mountain tomorrow. The answer, of course, is immutable …
Mrs Sun continues to shine. There was an edgy wind today, but the conditions were pretty perfect. We stayed high so we weren’t bothered by ice, but they are going to need some new snow soon. There is some predicted for the end of the week. Good news for the new arrivals.
Yesterday we walked high into the hills. It was a route we’d done before, from a gorgeous lake up into a very high pasture with a series of chalets and barns for summer use. We did ask that question: what do we prefer, skiing or walking?, and it was a close run thing. Clearly walking is cheaper – and quieter. A real mind-opening exercise. Skiing, on the other hand, is more cluttering; more furious. Both are knackering, what with the cold and the hills. I’d say it was fifty-fifty. Skiing wins for tomorrow. Especially as I intend to get C to eat my snow … so to speak.
And, soon it will all be over. We travel on Sunday. What with the snow forecast, I think tomorrow will be our last day on our planks. We’ll have a couple of days of admin and coffee drinking (I’d hope to go for a run) before the big push home. Then it’s Jen’s op and I now have quite a slice of work planned. Over the past couple of days I’ve agreed to conduct 12 (yes, 12) 360 reports for a school. That’s going to take some doing, but I will get it done. In addition I’m due with the MoD once a week between now and the end of February. I’m not sure whether there’s going to be enough work for me whilst I’m there, so I will cut cloth etc. All-in-all, it looks like a busy time.
That’s all for now. If you have Netflix, do watch The Messiah. We’ve binged-watched it over the past five days. I can’t put it in a genre other than to say that the CIA are in it, and some terrorists. But it’s not like that at all. Maybe the best TV I’ve seen for a while. Anyhow, dig it out and let us know how it goes.
