I’m Ditching The Gym on Friday

In another life, like just last year, I would have been lying on the couch immobile after the week I’ve had. But this year, I feel GREAT! I owe it all to the family taking up snowboarding with a vengeance this winter

In the past week I:

• Spent Saturday and Sunday in the mountains for a weekend of sledding and boarding/skiing with the fam. We got our exercise those two days for sure!
• Played two matches (5 games) of 4 person competetive volleyball on Monday. It’s been a year since they had leagues, and this was our first night back on the new courts. I must admit, my legs were a bit jello-like afterward, but it was great and a ton of fun!
• Drove back up to the mountains Wednesday after dropping Princess off at school and caught up with our friends who were staying in a condo. I’d planned on boarding a couple runs and heading for the hot tub, but we ended up boarding for 4 1/2 hours! I was totally floored that I still had legs to walk on. We had a blast! The snow was pretty crappy, but it was still a ton of fun. The hot tub and margaritas helped a bit at the end of this day!
• After a night on the sleeper sofa in the condo (thanks Hubby for bein’ home with the kiddos so I could go play!), QT, Mr. T, and I headed to the slopes again Thursday morning for a couple runs. We went to Peak 7 this time . . . I’d never been there because it’s all blue runs. The run itself would be great on a regular day, but today it SUCKED big time! It was so friggin’ windy that it ACTUALLY stopped me from going down the hill and pushed me back up the hill on my board! And it was total ice . . . but, we made it down safe and sound and headed to Peak 8 for some better snow and less wind We did a few runs and called it a day around lunch time.

So, I’m taking the day off tomorrow and giving the body a rest . . . and drinking about 5 gallons of water!

I am TOTALLY shocked that my legs and arms still feel this good after all that boarding . . . they are definitely more in shape than they were last year, or even at the beginning of this season. Now if I could only find a way to snowboard all summer to stay in shape!

Shaun White snowboarding for the Wii anyone? Hubby, are you listening? All we need is a balance board and the game Mother’s Day IS coming soon . . .

Or maybe instead of asking for Wii games, I should be begging for you to replace the diamond earring I lost up in Breck last weekend