Simple

I'm beginning to believe more and more that the simpler you get, the better things go. It seems that we feel this need to make things a lot more complicated than necessary, and I think it's time to break the habit. I did three things today, that honestly made my day tough to beat.

The first "day-maker" was Nordic skiing with my close friend HB. Today was the second of many to come, that we will relax post school on the bike path, with skis clipped to our toes. We got a nice new layer last night, and the groomers hadn't packed it out for us, so we decided to blaze a path. We should have gone snowshoeing, but that would have been too easy for our style. We made it a little ways north, deciding to venture into the neighborhoods close by. I'll tell you now, our xc skills are a sight to see; we ended up walking across the street with our skis on our feet and climbing the snowbanks to ski on top of them. If you've never been out before, I suggest you try when you have a chance. There will be pictures soon, I promise.

After skiing, I enjoyed some down-time with my mom. My mom and I have become really close this year, it's been really nice. Along with our close friendship, we share a taste for Weeds. If you haven't seen the show before, you're missing out. As I said, I came home and had some down-time watching Weeds with my mom online, until the internet got a little feisty ending our tv time. Sitting there with her is very fulfilling for me, without these times I would hardly see her. It's nice to spend time together aside from the passings in the morning and evening.

Finally, the topping to my post-school-great day was skating. A pal of mine, Miles has a knack for sharing the coolest times with me. Last year this time we had a picnic via snowshoeing, we've been evening fly fishing at a widdo pond, and this year we skate. So what's the big deal about skating? We weren't able to simply waltz out and do our thing; there was snow on the ice from the dumping I talked about earlier. Anyways, there was a guy out on the ice plowing the snow off of the surface who entertained us for a little while. We watched him go to town until the ice was mostly clear before we went out. Miles didn't have skates and the trailer with the skates was locked so he went out and slid around while I skated. It was fun, but we both knew that something was missing: music. We got the tunes, but they weren't what I was expecting to hear at all, he had put on Ray Charles. Now, this brought out a dancing side in my pal I hadn't really seen much of; Miles is a dancing fool. I couldn't not dance as well, so I shed my skates and we danced away a couple of hours.

These highlights in my evening all seem really simple to me but left the greatest feelings and impact. Keep it simple and have a good time.
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Hello strangers

It has been way too long since this page has seen any activity from me; how terribly sad. I must keep this post short but do hope to reignite the blogging fire inside me. I swear, from October on my time disappeared.

Anyways, nothing monumental has happened, I am a simple creature of habit. School, school, school. It's starting to kick my butt, knowing it will be worth it in the end is the only factor of motivation, I am truly exhausted.

The mountain has been open for a while now and despite the lack of snow, it has been a great season. Hopefully I can manage the 3 and break 40 days. We'll keep our fingers crossed.

I still have a lost feeling but have found a new way to relieve myself via meditation. Our valley is hosting a "winter feast for the soul" which has committed me to 40 days of meditation, my first encounter with the practice. It is very very effective, I can feel a change after only 5 practices. I recommend you all give it a shot.

Short anecdote for the day: It snowed a good 10 inches of wet, heavy snow last night. My car was covered and is much taller than I am. I went to clear the snow from my car, but the height and weight were making it way too hard to do with my little scraper, so I decided that my metal shovel would be a great alternative, you know, to give me some length. Turns out I am completely ignorant when it comes to the effects of metal on glass and paint. I now have some pretty attractive scratches across my windshield. WIN! As if I wasn't already bummed out, a girl parked next to me banged my car door with hers, bummmeeer. I was in my car when it happened, but didn't have the nerve to say anything, resulting in a horn honk on my behalf. Long morning. I suppose those dings and scratches will add some character.

I'm off for the night, let's hope this is a new start to a long year of blogging.

Be healthy, happy, and safe world wide web.

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