So much easier going up to the top than it is to come down

It has been a whirl wind this past week!

I was welcomed from my trip to FL with BUDGETS. OMG! who knew i had so many programs! Well that was done with some help, thanks guys! Then I needed to type up a spread sheet for the trustee report on all the programs I did last year and what my goal was this year! WHOLY COW! Crash course in EXCEL! Pretty cool features! Then I got an email from someone at work, who will remain nameless, saying I needed all my stuff for the catalog in by FEB. 4th! OMG! WHAT!?? Almost everything is done for that! I just need to put it in the right form and check dates!

Phew! I was expecting a quiet week! Guess not! I barely unpacked my bags from FL did my mother day to me, you want to bring the kids to NH for the weekend! With the load of work i had gotten done! I was ready to repack my bag with warmed clothes and get out of dodge!

I liked going to NH as it is has no computer and the only phone that rings is my cell phone and if you do not have that number you cannot find me. For xmas my dad said he would get me new skis! Very exciting as i have not skied in about 10 years. I have broken my feet a number of times, i have been pregnant, or had to care for the kids. BUT now ALL three boys ski! OMG! Jordan is a rocket! Jumping! pointing his skis straight down without looking back. a very good skier. Nathaniel is right behind him. he is very confident! I love it! Raymond on the other hand, is my old soul. very cautious! but will get out there and do it!

SO my dad had this brilliant idea, lets get the skis this weekend. Then lets drop you off at the mountian where the kids are taking lessons until 3pm. Try out your new skis and he and my mom would go shopping. Eyes wide open, WHAT! Basically my parents picked up the skis, dropped me off at the mountian, and left me there. No care no nothing! So i had no choice to ski. A bit nervous, as i have a good understanding of falling and getting hurt. I so was not in the mood! But i got my lift ticket, got in line and it was like riding a bike. I was a bit timid at first but hey it had been ten years and I HAD broken both my feet since then. I skiied for a couple of hours until it was time to pick up the boys. I coming down, and i see these two people jumping up and down at the lodge, ITS MY PARENTS….I roll my eyes, and ski over. Both of them come down to tell me they have another BRILLIANT idea….bracing they say why dont you take the boys to the top for a run. OMG are you kidding, by myself? Well my dad said we just paid for them to be in lessons so they should be fine! WHAT WAS I THINKING?

So i think maybe they are to tired to ski, I was praying they were to tired to ski. honestly who wants to be seen with their mom. OH WAIT MY KIDS HAVE NOT REACHED THAT STAGE! So all three boys want to go to the top! My heart sinks. how can you say no?

So my dad helps me get them all to the lift line. Raymond, trying to rationalize where we all should sit on the lift and why. We get on the chair, all four of us, we ride up, it dawned on me that they might not be able to get off the lift. everyone assured me they could. Then we are getting closer and closer to the edge, we finally get the bar up, Raymond freezes as he sees the “cliff” at the top of the slope. I grabbed him by the back and pushed. Not a good start the the ski down. I will give it to Raymond it DID look like a cliff but as soon as we got to where we were going he did much better. We ski down a little, a bit tough actually for raymond, Jordan and Nathaniel are flying, trying jumps.

Nathaniel and Jordan are patiently waiting for Raymond to come down this one part. Raymond losing control over the ice making his “pizza wedge” Raymond is screaming, I am taking a deep breath and I see Nathaniel and JOrdan putting there arms out in efforts to “catch” their brother. Then there is a snow boll of three little boys. Tears are streaming, skis are everywhere and then rayomnd stands up and through his tears saying “thats it, I will just take my skis off and walk down” Well i was with him, but I had to be the parent and say to him we were going to put his skis back on and get down together. He kept telling me all he wanted was to take a nap. All three boys were exhausted. Jordan and Nathaniel being such a good skier were so patient. I was proud of all three of them. Raymond eventually put his skis back on with a lot of him. I told him he had to dig deep, this was something he had to do on his own. Plus we were still at the top of the slope.

An hour later we make it to the bottom of the mountain, everyone in one piece. My legs are killing me from starting and stopping so much. My parents greet us. We finally get in the car with my dad going on and on about how long it took us. That my mom was a wreck thinking we had gotten hurt and so on. I was so pissed by that point and so tired. It was not a good idea but you know what. I think this will be like childbirth, it hurt at the time but i am sure my boys will look back and think about how their mom skied with them.

Well needless to say, i was in bed by 8pm that night, sound asleep, my legs are so sore… Just means i need to get the the gym and work on this if i am going to keep up with my boys!

So another week starts. I will have to tell you about my sugar free lifestyle i am trying. It has created a very hungry hallie, everything has SUGAR added to it! Shocking! well that is for another day. I am tired and i am off to Boston for a conference in the morning!

Peace out!