So....
Hi folks.
I must say things are looking up here in Rochester, MN - not least because we've booked our respective flights back home.
Am a lucky girl, G had enough miles to upgrade himself AND get me a business class one way ticket back to Sg! Yaaaaaaaay! I leave on April 24 and arrive in Sg on April 26... so who's free to meet up then?
G comes home in July.
So, now, am a bit busy with making sure everything's packed, finding a shipper etc etc etc.
Oh, and its also definitely transitioning to Spring - the weather is positively balmy at 3 deg C. No need to wear the extra coat during the days now, and the snow is finally melting. No more snowboarding maybe, (which is sad) but winter was TOUGH and shoveling snow sucked big time.
Speaking of snowboarding - two weekends ago, we decided to get ourselves to Afton Alps - which is one of the bigger ski areas near the twin cities with 18 chair lifts. Check out the trail map on the website. It was great fun, especially since it had snowed the day before, but it was real crowded - and because we were so new to the place, we were super blur on which runs to take, plus the signages were mighty confusing as well.
To make a long story short - we think we went down our first black diamond - erh, completely by mistake. The best part is that we didn't even realise that we took a black diamond slope until later when we were having our requisite end-of-the-day-beer at one of the chalets and we were checking out the map again when, we went... uh oh... did we actually do that?
It was steep! And there were a couple of skiers sprawled out on the snow, the snow patrol had to come and toboggan them down to the medic station... and a couple behind us in the line for the ski lifts gave us this incredulous looks when they thought it was our first time on snowboards (miscomm - it was our first time at Afton Alps) but we didn't put two and two together until much much later...
okay, okay, it's called being chao gong.
In the meantime, buying all my barang barang to bring home - if nothing else, this year will have done wonders for my wardrobe but not much for my bank account.
If you want something, better email me quick!
What else? hummm....
oh, G's lost a lot of weight - he's on call once every three days and he gets very little sleep on these horrible calls. Although he snorted huffily when I told him today that he was a lot less rotund around the middle now, the poor boy is just too tired most days to eat properly.
Alright, that's the update for now.
Hugs
I must say things are looking up here in Rochester, MN - not least because we've booked our respective flights back home.
Am a lucky girl, G had enough miles to upgrade himself AND get me a business class one way ticket back to Sg! Yaaaaaaaay! I leave on April 24 and arrive in Sg on April 26... so who's free to meet up then?
G comes home in July.
So, now, am a bit busy with making sure everything's packed, finding a shipper etc etc etc.
Oh, and its also definitely transitioning to Spring - the weather is positively balmy at 3 deg C. No need to wear the extra coat during the days now, and the snow is finally melting. No more snowboarding maybe, (which is sad) but winter was TOUGH and shoveling snow sucked big time.
Speaking of snowboarding - two weekends ago, we decided to get ourselves to Afton Alps - which is one of the bigger ski areas near the twin cities with 18 chair lifts. Check out the trail map on the website. It was great fun, especially since it had snowed the day before, but it was real crowded - and because we were so new to the place, we were super blur on which runs to take, plus the signages were mighty confusing as well.
To make a long story short - we think we went down our first black diamond - erh, completely by mistake. The best part is that we didn't even realise that we took a black diamond slope until later when we were having our requisite end-of-the-day-beer at one of the chalets and we were checking out the map again when, we went... uh oh... did we actually do that?
It was steep! And there were a couple of skiers sprawled out on the snow, the snow patrol had to come and toboggan them down to the medic station... and a couple behind us in the line for the ski lifts gave us this incredulous looks when they thought it was our first time on snowboards (miscomm - it was our first time at Afton Alps) but we didn't put two and two together until much much later...
okay, okay, it's called being chao gong.
In the meantime, buying all my barang barang to bring home - if nothing else, this year will have done wonders for my wardrobe but not much for my bank account.
If you want something, better email me quick!
What else? hummm....
oh, G's lost a lot of weight - he's on call once every three days and he gets very little sleep on these horrible calls. Although he snorted huffily when I told him today that he was a lot less rotund around the middle now, the poor boy is just too tired most days to eat properly.
Alright, that's the update for now.
Hugs
If your ears have been burning a couple of times in the last few days, it's because your name has been invoked in this here newsroom - about your impending return, which will relieve the chronic shortage of hands. Harharhar.
Nookie
Posted by
AmyC |
22:42
YAY!!!!! COME HOME NOW!!! Party Arty waiting with cold beer in hand mate, missed ya sooooo much. Just back from Ireland/England/Dubai. Awesome trip, no shortage of drama, updates over drinks and yes, I will get ya from the blinking airport with a single malt in hand! *HUGS*
Posted by
TeamWilliams Shoots |
19:09
Okay, chope. Beer in one hand, single malt in the other.. Heh heh. Sorry la, literally just got off the plane...
Posted by
TeamWilliams Shoots |
19:10