snow bunny

since i’m suddenly changing accounts (woohoo!) i figured this would be a good time to use up all those days i’ve saved and time a short little break. plus since we’ve gotten pounded this past week with all that rain, this means that there’s lots of great snow in tahoe!

as it was, the timing was pretty great: mel and her friends had a cabin this week up there, so we went up on wednesday to stay with them. most of the group had been there in the beginning of the week but already left, so we got to stay in our own bedroom and thus snapper was able to sleep and not disturb anyone else.

all in all it worked pretty well. this trip did underscore a couple things:

1. everything takes LONGER to do - man, you thought it took us forever to get out of the house before, try doing the same thing when one of us has to hold snapper at any given time, plus getting all of her stuff arranged and ready. by the time we left all the snow had melted. almost.
2. you just get to do less - since we didn’t get there until wednesday afternoon (see above), we only got to board thursday and friday. which actually means we each got to board half of thursday and half of friday, because again, at any given time one of us is holding snapper, either back at the cabin or at the lodge. one bright spot: behold the parent exchange lift ticket. homewood and alpine have this thing where as a parent, you can buy one lift ticket on a string and pass it back and forth between parents. HALLELUJAH.

by the time we got out there the fantastic snow had started to get a little hard, but it was good to get some good boarding in. and at least we didn’t hurt ourselves, which is now suddenly top of mind: what if i break my leg — how do i get around on crutches and still carry snapper? maybe i can get someone to carry ME in a sling while i carry snapper in a sling? thankfully, no one was hurt and we didn’t have to figure this out. oh, except for that big welt on hmc’s knee. doh.

(and yes we intended to take a picture of snapper’s first visit to the snow. except that we didn’t. doh doh.)