Well, last night, we woke up at 1:00 am and 3:00 am again. The first time Lamar was hot and the second time he was cold. When he woke up the second time, I was drenched in sweat and felt nauseous. I don't really know why but felt better after about 15 mins. I think the dexamethasone shot was given in my blood stream last night because right after I got it, I started feeling really shaky and weird and started sweating a lot. Lamar made sure to give it to me in the muscle this morning and I was fine. After we woke up this morning, we watched our church service online. It was a good sermon on the tabernacle which sounds boring but really wasn't. Right after that, I came in the kitchen to make me lunch and I listened to Joyce Meyer while eating and she talked about the same thing about the tabernacle. It was really cool!!!
In our living room in our condo about ready to hit the slopes.
It was unseasonably warm today. The high was 42 but the wind chill was a lot lower so we still dressed warm. It was a beautiful day!!!
Nothing about toady went as planned. I guess it started with me falling right when we walked out of our condo to head to our ski slope. I stepped into a huge hole of snow that was about 3 feet deep!! My third fall of our trip. It was actually pretty funny and didn't hurt. My right leg is all the way down in the snow. Right after this, I put my skis on and realized that I forgot to put my padding on my right boot. It was way too tight on my chin and was bruising my chin so I had to run back to the room real quick to pad my boot.
We took the same lift as yesterday and decided to go a different way down where we could see the base of the mountain. I wanted to see what it looked like. I loved Winter Park's base with all the cute shops and fun eating places. So, we headed a different way.
I loved the run we were on. It was real easy and I was able to practice. It was so warm that I had to unzip my jacket and took my gloves off (I took my hat off when I went back to the room to pad my boot). My hands were warm the whole time.
Pretty bridge to ski over. There's a road underneath this. I think it would be neat to be driving down the road and look above me at a bridge with skiers skiing by. :) Right at the end of this run, there was a sign that said, "Take skis off...to parking lot". So we took our skis off, walked a little bit, and ended up in a parking lot. We definitely weren't expecting the end of our ski run to end up in a parking lot.
But, it was really pretty.
Mar trying to figure out how to get back on the mountain by only taking green slopes. We couldn't take the lift that was there because it only had blues and blacks so we ended up having to take a shuttle and decided that we might as well try out a different peak. We were skiing on peak 8 and decided to go to peak 9.
Gorgeous day! Waiting on the shuttle.
I loved this sign. Last year I wore a helmet the whole time but this year I'm not because it's too small. I probably should be wearing it anyway.
So, we ended up taking the shuttle and went to Peak 9 and I loved the run we took...REALLY easy and I need to be able to practice on the easy runs. I just feel more confident if I can work on my skiing on the flatter slopes. By the time we took the shuttle and went down one run, it was time to take another shuttle back to our Snowflake lift. We ended up only doing 2 short runs all day. :s We spent most of our time waiting for shuttles or on shuttles. Well, you live and learn and we now know what not to do. We decided we will ski again on Tuesday and take the shuttle just outside our condo to Peak 9 and spend the day on those slopes. Poor Mar, he didn't want to have to walk up our hill again but we had to. It was good exercise again, though. This picture of him so tired from having to walk up our steep hill.
About to trek up more of the hill.
So then we came home and got in the hot tub again and Lamar almost passed out when he got out. We rested for a few minutes and then decided to go eat. Look how skinny Lamar is getting! He looks so good!
And, once again, I walk out our door and FALL!! 4th fall of our trip!! A lot of the snow melted today and refroze so it was REALLY slippery!! I have great traction on my snow boots, too. When I first fell, I wanted to cuss but I DIDN'T!! I ended up just laughing and telling Lamar to get a picture of my 4th fall!!! :) That fall did hurt a little bit. And, the people in the hot tub above us saw me bust, too! Oh well! So, we go to the eating place and get seated and ended up not wanting to eat there so we headed to Frisco (which has one of the most gorgeous views I have EVER seen) and looked for a place to eat that was rated #1. We drove around lost for 30 minutes...we couldn't follow the maps on my iPhone GPS apps. We must have turned around 4 times on the same road. The whole time we were lost, I was texting with Macy about our Wii that I sold that she wanted but I didn't know she wanted. I finally told Lamar to just go to Wendy's. The man who took my order was talking to me in Spanish and I couldn't understand him. He started out his sentence with "Como". I felt bad because I couldn't understand his words and kept saying, "Excuse me?" Mar didn't even order food because there was nothing healthy for him to eat. I ordered a burger and fries which I haven't done in FOREVER!! I can't even remember the last time I ate a burger. I hadn't eaten since 12:00 and it was 7:00 (actually, I take that back, Mar and I ate some apple slices in the hot tub). Anyway, while I was eating my fries in Wendy's, I just started crying. I got a bad attitude and started complaining. This is the thing, though...God's ways are not our ways and He allows everything to happen. And in the grand scheme of things, falls, wrong runs, unexpected shuttle buses, wrong restaurants, getting lost, and getting your feelings hurt are really no big deal. Things may not have gone OUR way but I have absolutely NO reason to complain!!! There is SO much to be thankful for!!! SO MUCH!! I read stories about parents who have kids who are dying and I have the nerve to complain! UGH! Sickening! Not only are we healthy and all our loved ones are healthy, we are also in a gorgeous place surrounded my God's glorious mountains. So what if I keep falling and if we keep getting lost. Big deal! Today was a good test for me that I passed for most of the day, which is a step forward for me. Because I started out my day in the Word, prayer, listening to our online church service, and Joyce Meyer, I didn't lose it until the end of the day! Think how bad I would be if I didn't start out the day right! No telling where I would be without the Lord. He gives me strength that I really need! I don't naturally have a quite and gentle spirit. I'm feisty and have to WORK hard on myself and couldn't do it without the Lord. Now, we'll see how tomorrow is......it is Valentine's day and Mar and I are going on a sleigh ride, which I'll write about tomorrow but I have been wanting to do this sleigh ride with my husband since junior high. I hope all goes well, but if it doesn't, I plan on having a good attitude and will definitely ask the Lord to help me!! I SO need Him!!!
Now, time for my cortisone shot! Good times! :) HA! No, seriously, I am SO thankful for that shot!!!
Happy Valentine's Day Eve! :)
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