Finally a chance to write up the last few weeks. I can't remember the last time that I wasn't high on life out here! The season is slowly starting to fizzle out with the end of the 8 week programmes.. however that means TIPS TIPS!! Over the course of 2 days I recieved $250, a box of chocolates, a $25 gift card for Starbucks and a bottle of wine! Yessss please :) I have been sooo lucky with the clients that I have been teaching over the last few weeks. 46 year old Peggy took me to lunch twice and brought me cake from the Rimrock hotel, 4 year old Isabella made me a card for Valentines day and 5 year old Everett brought me a box of chocolates that take Thorntons Chocolates and throw them off a 352 ft cliff to break the World Record for the highest ever cliff drop!
It was lovely to see the Family again, if only for a week and it turned out to be a fantastic opportunity to get some free skiing in (I worked 20 out of 21 days during Feb) and also detox for a while from the old enemy ... alcohol! The weather decided that it didn't like Rob's patchy, lacking in any sex appeal, facial fuzz and was below minus 35 for the majority of the week, I guess karma came and literally got Rob in the form of frost nip on the tip of his nose! Yowza! On Thursday the ski resorts froze to a halt and therefore we had a day at home.. I guess this video says it all! The Hidden Ridge appartment was stunning; outdoor hot tubs, raindeers and picnic benches for us to fail jumps and rails on :) Finally myself and Kirst have been able to settle on a summer desination for our travels ... dun dun derrrr SOUTH AMERICA!!! Flights are booked into Ecuador and 2 adrenaline fuelled, being shot at, taking halucinagetic remedies with Amazonian tribes months later flying out of Peru! Im hoping that I can save up enough to really experience the place, there is a strong possibilty that im going to have to be either....a) a male stripper (I have little dignity left anyway plus its fairly unlikely that I could be a female stripper) b) sell my body organs (fortunately I have a spare leg, eye, testicle...etc) or c) teach Bill Gates to ski and recieve a $20,000 tip (although the chances are fairly slim).
The nightlife continues to be as fanatical and all-consuming as ever! My room-mate turned 18 a few weeks back, and the theme.. HAZZZA P! There is a muggle quidditch league between some of the America Universites (where else would it be), and I was the Golden Snitch, the rules.. if anyone managed to bring me to the floor I had to knock back the rest of my drink. Finally all those hours slugging away on the memorial rugby pitches at LRGS in the driving rain and hail paid off. Nevertheless, I don't think even Arnold Swarchenegger could have fought off 5 other guys who were all becoming more and more competitive in bringing me down.. and naturally I ended up drinking enough to fill a resonably sized swimming pool! One night I ended up crashing into the snow in just my boxers... damn that Jenga drinking game! Last Thursday it was Josh's 27th birthday and as it was my first day of non-skiing in two months I used the opportunity to catch up with lots of people back home.. however I didn't sober up until 4 in the afternoon so Im guessing I probably need to apologise to everyone who I spoke to! In the morning with a crazy fitness orientated mentality and a little persuasion from Lindsay I went for a 40 minute run which ended up with me getting lost half way up Tunnel mountain following either coyoti or wolf tracks in the snow! Its only a matter of time before I get munched by a cougar! 
My other news.... Im still loving every day of skiing; moguls, powder, park, carving.. I really dont care just so long as its fast :) Its always nice to hear that you are looking, and I quote 'sickenly good' on the slopes! A while back I went for a sumptuous meal at Don and Donna's (a retired couple who work as casual instructors) and a great pollitical conversation fuelled by more than a couple bottles of red wine! I witnessed a huge avalanche almost cover the cascade run whilst I was sat less than 30 meters away at the top of the chair lift.. if there is a time to swear in front of your clients, I think this was it! The sheer power as trees where ripped and wrenched from the ground was awe-inspiring! I have a job as a science tutor for a local Banff 16yr old girl.. hahaha im not even too sure if I even have a brain at the moment, maybe a good way to slowly start breaking myself back in for university! Naturally Im watching all the rugby matches in the 6 Nations.. there is an English pub that shows the games so you know where I am every Saturday or Sunday when England have played! Much Love to everyone back home
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