"'Where do you think I'd better go?' [asked Wilbur]
'Anywhere you like, anywhere you like,' said the goose. 'Go down through the orchard, root up the sod! Go down through the garden, dig up the radishes! Root up everything! Eat grass! Look for corn! Look for oats! Run all over! Skip and dance, jump and prance! Go down through the orchard and stroll in the woods! The world is a wonderful place when you're young." p 16-17
I bought a pair of cross country skis this week after feeling in a funk about the winter. After living for two years in a place where people choose to move specifically because it snows so well and so much, the overarching Hoosier distaste for the cold was starting to bring me down.
After a day of the most beautiful Midwestern snow I had ever seen and a full 5 hours of craigslisting and calling around town for used skis while cooped up home alone, I woke up last Saturday, went over to REI, and bought myself some brand new Rossingol cross country skis.
Since we had record snow accumulation this past week and several winter storm warnings, I've already used them 4 times. It's finally back up in the 30s, which compared to -20 at the beginning of this past week feels balmy. Starting my day for the past two days on a 3 mile ski loop through the woods at Eagle Creek, one of the largest city parks in the country, has been like heaven.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
'Anywhere you like, anywhere you like,' said the goose. 'Go down through the orchard, root up the sod! Go down through the garden, dig up the radishes! Root up everything! Eat grass! Look for corn! Look for oats! Run all over! Skip and dance, jump and prance! Go down through the orchard and stroll in the woods! The world is a wonderful place when you're young." p 16-17
I bought a pair of cross country skis this week after feeling in a funk about the winter. After living for two years in a place where people choose to move specifically because it snows so well and so much, the overarching Hoosier distaste for the cold was starting to bring me down.
After a day of the most beautiful Midwestern snow I had ever seen and a full 5 hours of craigslisting and calling around town for used skis while cooped up home alone, I woke up last Saturday, went over to REI, and bought myself some brand new Rossingol cross country skis.
Since we had record snow accumulation this past week and several winter storm warnings, I've already used them 4 times. It's finally back up in the 30s, which compared to -20 at the beginning of this past week feels balmy. Starting my day for the past two days on a 3 mile ski loop through the woods at Eagle Creek, one of the largest city parks in the country, has been like heaven.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
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I love it!! You're a model of self-motivation. I got your lovely xmas postcard the other day, too. Thanks, you're a better friend than I! Happy skiing! <3
So glad it made it! I'm not a better friend at all, you're one of the best I've ever known. Maybe I'm just a better pen pal. :) Love to you and yours and La Roda y the entire provincia de Sevilla este Dia de San Valentin!
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