Snow (Hey Oh)

My husband and Son decided to finally to do a day trip to Big Bear for skiing and snowboarding. My son received a snowboard and the accessories for Christmas, and my husband just needed an excuse to get away for the day. I did my part by waking up just before 5 am to make the coffee and get the guys up, just so they could be ready and on their way around 6 am. The one and only thing they had to do for me was to remove a toilet from the front porch. Remember, several posts ago, we had the bathroom retiled. We also replaced the toilet, but the tile guys placed the old toilet on the front porch AND NEVER MOVED IT FROM THAT SPOT. That stupid toilet was my holiday decor for my front porch. I think I had asked them EVERY DAY since it was placed on the front porch to please remove it. Right before leaving for Big Bear, my son and husband lugged the heavy toilet down to the far end of the back yard, which is somewhat downhill. When they were almost all the way down, my husband lost his footing, fell backwards, and the toilet fell on him. My husband is OK, but did get a couple of bruises on the backs of his legs, and a pretty good scrape on his shin, requiring a few bandages and making his socks a little blood stained. I didn't know any of this happened until after they came home later on that day. He said he briefly thought about not going skiing that day, but he was just scraped up and felt good enough to to. Our son did all the driving, so that wasn't an issue. Oh, and, by the way, the toilet didn't suffer ANY damage. Not a chip, scrape or crack. The reason why we're getting rid of it is because it's hard to find parts for that particular model/brand. It's not a typical fixture. My husband went back to work the next day and shared what he did over his winter vacation... Now the entire office is teasing him about fighting a toilet and losing. As for the ski/snowboaring, my two guys had a great time.

Yesterday's song:

Wash - Pearl Jam

PEACE

Baby, It's Cold Outside

No workout or running today.

Something I haven't thought about in a long time is snow skiing. I used to really enjoy it, and the last time I went, probably a good 8 years ago, was on a ski trip with my son's Boy Scout troop. It was near Lake Arrowhead. VH1 had some show being taped and Jennifer Lopez was there. I didn't see her but my husband did, and that made his day. The scouts had a good day and earned their skiing badge. I had a good day of skiing and came home exhausted because I wanted to fit in as many ski-runs as possible. Now that I'm a little bit older, I experience pains I never knew I had until it gets cold out. I love the beauty of the mountains, and I really did love the exhilaration of whooshing and swooshing down the snow-packed mountains, then ending the day with a nice hot buttered rum and snuggling with my husband at the ski lodge. Now, even the thought of getting cold hurts. I would much rather save the money and take a tropical vacation. Perhaps I'll go snow skiing again, at some point, but not right now. I think I just need to work myself up to it again.

Peace


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