Whoops, it's been a while!

So, I haven't updated this in a while. I apologize to those of you who sit by your computers eagerly awaiting the next entry.

On thursday night (full moon), we had a Rentals party. Jon had to work as night manager, so he missed this one. Anyways, it was quite an experience drinking with people you knew were going to be around for the next few weeks at least. I have never before been in that predicament before. On one hand you want to socialize and become close to the people you work with. On the other hand, you do not want to make a fool of yourself and have to face those people the next day. The amount of liquid courage that you take in must be carefully measured. Luckily everyone at Rentals is on the same page as me. We all just wanted to have a good night and get a little drunk. But the dancing was a little awkward. It was clear we all wanted to let loose, but there is that little bit of worry in the back of your head that says not to do anything stupid. Plus, people here don't really dance, as I explained previously. So we sort of stood around in a circle... It's hard to explain but definitely not the same as at home. (Also, the party was in a garage. I have never been to a party where it is cold enough to have to keep your clothes on. I hadn't even thought about that difference. Just wait till you get into that situation. It's wierd.)

I had driven the car, which I have named Gertrude, to the party. Turns out Alissa didn't think about this problem. I don't mean driving drunk. Don't worry, I drove home the next morning at 6 AM, barely getting home early enough to catch the bus to work. No, I mean that driving in the cold involves a whole lot of things that I have never done before. I learned that you pour water over the windshield and side windows of the car to melt the ice. I learned that you have to start the car while pressing the acceleration, otherwise it stalls on you. I also learned that you have to let the windows defrost on the inside for a really long time before you can see anything. And I definitely backed out of the one way street with the drivers door open and my head sticking out, so I could see at least some of what was behind me. I think that was the scariest thing I have ever done. For some reason, we made it out of that situation alive and without a scratch on the car. That was quite a miracle. But it did take more time than I had expected, so when I got home, I literally had ten minutes before the bus was going to take me to work. I had to work feeling dirty and hung over all day friday. No fun. And my coworkers didn't make the place any livelier. What a day.

Lately the weather has been sunny and amazing. Jon and I had an awesome day skiing on wednesday. Turns out that it was a good idea for us to ride separately in the morning, then meet up and ski together in the afternoon. If we ski together for too long, I get antsy because I am not going fast enough, and Jon interprets my behavior as anger... basically that is a no good situation. So that day, I took some time with some guys from work, trying desperately to represent skiiers and do a cool jump. The snowboarders were not impressed. They we doing flips. I was trying not to fall. After that, I tried to take Jon down what they call the Waterfall Express. It's a blue run but can be icy and mogul-y at the end of the day. He said it was a little out of his league, but I thought he was doing fine. He is improving a lot lately. We also enjoyed skiing with Dan the bartender at the Park, and Josh and Taz, other Woofers. Taz quickly got frustrated and went back to the beginners slope after a couple of runs though. Still, overall, a great day.

This weekend is also sunny, so the day is busy busy busy. I will be getting no ski breaks tomorrow. But monday will be another day of skiing and sun! I am super excited for that! Yay!

On another note, Jon's workplace is becoming more and more unbearable. There is this woman called Sarah (the one who hired Jon in the first place) who is absolutely insane. She seems to have mood swings and randomly finds it appropriate to yell at the Woofers or at people living at the Park for no reason. The other day, she simply terminated the contracts of three people because she thought she smelled weed on their breaths. She made a lot of enemies with people who are working at the mountain, and the word is getting around not to live at the Park. Worse yet, she makes Jon's workday miserable. He is considering finding work elsewhere because his day is filled with getting yelled at and doing mundane work. Plus there aren't a lot of people to hang out with during the day, so if you get stuck with Sarah, or an otherwise unbearable personality, working just becomes a living hell. I told him I would see if Rentals is hiring, since at least four people are leaving mid-season, and it seems like their places must get filled.

Anyways, that is the status as of now. Y'all have a good weekend. And remember me, 'cuz I'll be fitting people with boots all day.

Jalissa