(The scene of the crime)
Alright so I knew this was going to happen eventually but holy moly did I do it in style...Here's what happened. A group of us were on our way down the hill to catch a bus to Silverthorne outlets (about 10 miles away) to get some clothes we were all missing. I was rushing down the hill to catch the bus and found myself fling through the air, coffee in my left hand, body bag of a purse in my right and quickly flat on my stomach in the middle of the street. It was too funny, I literally slipped backwards caught my balance forward then slipped again and flew a good foot or two into the street. I was cracking up lying in the street for a good few seconds, I can't believe my super man skills had already kicked in and its only week 2. Luckily no broken bones or bruises really just looking like a dum dum in the street. Silverthorne was successful I found snow boots that actually fit me. I brought 3 pairs of shoes with me and now that I'm up here nothing fits me. 2 of my 3 boots aren't fitting properly and all I have are my running shoes which are definitely NOT waterproof, epic fail on my part. After coming back to Breck I made a trip to SureFoot where they are working on fitting me in boots and giving me a super deal. Hopefully these boots will feel great considering the ones I'm borrowing for the time being aren't comfy at all and feel pretty awful. Considering that I will be in them for 5-6 hours a day they need to fit well.
Yesterday was a pretty awesome day, it started at 5:40 am when I had to do m shoveling before getting ready for work. We went to the ski office and did presentations and games for about an hour and a half then got into the lectures about the gear and the people we will be fitting the gear to. Although this was a little long winded I learned a lot. We learned about Mono skis and Bi skis which are the sit down skis for our clients who cannot walk. The Bi ski has two ski's directly under a bucket seat that with the help of an instructor the person can ski down the hill just like all of us. The Mono ski has one ski under the bucket seat and allows the more active and mobile participant to function independently skiing all over the mountain. We talked about fitting people into the skis and making sure they are comfortable and working well for them because the seat is essentially their version of a ski boot. Jeff one of the full time guys in charge also explained loading people on and off the lift which seems ridiculously intimidating but apparently we will be loading and unloading each other on the mono and bi skis 30+ times before we even start with a participant. The even more exciting and scary part is that I will be learning how to ski in both of these types of skis. The good thing is that I will then be comfortable talking to a participant about the ski and their fears having done it myself. I can just imagine bombing down the mountain in a ski I CANNOT control haha.
(Above is the mono ski for the more independent skier)
(Above is the Bi-ski)
Tonight we meet Doc PJ our "resident" doctor to get flu shots and pizza...If you ask me the pizza is a ploy to get us to do the shots. Needless to say I am NOT excited about it.
Miss you all!
xoxo
-Leah
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