…fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.
And so ends the first half of my ski season. Yesterday was my last day skiing in Utah until March (more on that in a minute). When I left my place it was overcast, but that was it. By the time I made it to the mountain, it was a full on blizzard. I decided […]
Two more great days of skiing this week. Warm, sunny, packed/groomed snow. It was ideal. Because I went Wednesday and Friday there was also little or no lines at the lifts. 90% of the ski I skied right onto the lift. Once or twice I had to wait 5-10 minutes, but that was only for […]
Back in Utah. I spent the last two weeks home in Chicago celebrating the holidays with my family. It was very nice to see them (and Cleo, my dog). I’m back now in Utah for January. Literally the only thing keeping me in Chicago at all is my family. I’m the only one of the […]
My younger son made it out here on Friday night and yesterday we hit the slopes. I knew it was going to be crowded, but it beat my expectations. For one, I knew it would be bad when we had to park in a remote lot and take a shuttle. I don’t care about where […]
One of my favorite Agent Orange tunes: I left out to go skiing as soon as my last class was over. I got there in good time, but the conditions were iffy for me. The entire mountain was gray-scale. The clouds were covering the top of the mountain. Silver/Gray. The trees were grey with white […]
Although I didn’t plan on skiing today, when I woke up I saw they opened a new run today. I figured I’d go and if it was too crowded I wouldn’t stay long. I am so glad I went. The run that opened is now way in the lead for my favorite run. The only […]
I wasn’t able to exercise yesterday because of work (and some soreness). Still, I fell asleep at 8:40 and slept until 7:00. Dang! It was the second night in a row I slept through the night. I guess I’m acclimating to being away and at 5000 ft. Last night it snowed about 2″. Not enough […]
Long story short, work has been trying and frustrating the last two days. It’s all good. I’ll focus on the positives, the learning, and keep moving ahead trying to get better each day. The crux of the frustration is, like many jobs, there is a disconnect between objectives/metrics/goals of management-workers-clients. It’s what it is and […]
I don’t know what the Mamas & the Papas were singing about but I had a great Monday. Taught my classes and had a very nice discussion with class participation in one them (the other was a test so they were quiet). Made myself some lunch. It was delicious. Once again I was able […]
Today marks exactly one week living remotely. I slept in, but still made it to the ski slopes by just after 9. I’m trying to be more positive so I’ll just say it was a nice morning. Sunny, a new lift was open with some new runs, and generally it was a very pleasant two […]