Ouch.
Snowboarding adventure done. 5 hours and 15 minutes of falling on my ass every 2 minutes (sometimes a lot less) and FINALLY at the end, I started to GET it! The board really does go where you want it to go when you move your head and look in that direction. You really DO stop when you dig your heels in simultaneously, but gently or of you're backwards (which is not the right term, but that's just how it feels) by pressing down on your toes. Thankfully I had zero fear of falling because I, along with many others, spent the entire time doing just that. Once I started having a few of those 'aha!' moments, it was so much fun! I mean, a shit-ton of work and pain, but fun! Near the end I just didn't want to fall because it was so much work just to get up. Especially if I fell forward. Then you have to execute this awesomely ridiculous flipping maneuver whereupon you pull your right leg close to your stomach and flip yourself and the board around so your butt is sticking up in the air and then figure out how to push up and stand without wiping out yet again and smashing your face into the snow. It's a good thing my self-confidence isn't at its height because there was definitely nothing genteel about my technique. Anyway, it was a whole lot of fun though... I spent most of my time laughing at myself, my friend and the sky. When I actually mastered getting down a whole half of the hill without falling or slamming into the foam padding around the ski-lift poles, I instantly wanted to coem back and try it again. Because things just start to click and make sense! Of course snowboarding (and skiing I suppose) when you don't own your own equipment is ridiculously expensive and I just can't justify the expense in my head were I to do it often.

Oh, and I thought I would be terrified by the ski lift, having never been on one before, much less with a four foot board strapped to one foot and having to get off, slip down the little decline and get the hell out of the way of the other fools behind you. I only fell once and that was actually slipping on ice off to the right while panicking that I was in everyone's way, when in actuality I wasn't in anyone's way. The hill (bunny slope folks, let's be real) was actually pretty slick because there were 5 billion people there due to the gorgeous weather and the end of Feb. vacation.

Man, I am feeling it today though. I was sitting in a 3 hour budget meeting this morning and I had to physically lift my legs to cross them. Covertly. Though I am sure everyone saw me wincing. Actually I was going to start this post by saying that I can't cross my legs without help but thought that might send the wrong message. My wrists, my thighs, my back... woo. I didn't believe my friend when she said it would be much worse today but whoa, she was right. I feel like crap right now. Sorta good crap, but still crap.

Also, a few things:
Hartford Wolfpack game= awesome, though I can't believe how empty it was for a Saturday night! Kinda sad. I remember when there was no way two people could get a seat together on a Saturday game. The good thing is that I didn't have to pay to park, even though I was in a parking garage but the bad thing is that that means Hartford isn't even charging people to park anymore and it's STILL empty.