At 7 AM on Monday the alarm clock went off and Hubby jumped up from the bed. “I’ll give you a million dollars if you let me stay in bed”, I moaned.
The covers came off and a smiling face greeted me. “No go, Princess. Get up. It’s time to ski.”
What is it about Hubby? He is 20 years older than me and yet he still has twice the energy that I do! I crawled out of bed and I dressed quickly. It was chilly in the house, and all I wanted was coffee.
I came out to the kitchen, and the coffee was almost done dripping. Don’t you just love that smell? Coffee!!!
We drove down to Gunstock Mountain, and I was surprised at the number of cars there. It is vacation week for our New Hampshire kids, and I expected more people. We hiked up to the lodge, and began the transformation into our ski gear.
It funny. This year I have actually skied more than last and I see more and more people that I know.
I actually have to thank Hubby for the morning. The snow was the best that it has been all year, and we got the first run down the mountain on the best trail. It was so good, in fact I insisted that we do it again!
We went to the top of another slope and started to ski down when we came upon an older woman who was lying in the snow. Her friends stood around her, not knowing what to do. Hubby and I sprung into action. He took off to alert the Ski Patrol, and I stayed with the woman and her friends to do some very basic first aid. My diagnosis is probably a separated shoulder. I sure felt bad for her.
After the Ski Patrol came, we went back to our skiing and in some ways Hubby was getting me to race down the mountain! I have to admit, the last two runs, had me breathing heavy, and my legs turning to jelly!
It was all good!
Upon arriving at home, I opened our snail mail, only to see that my dental insurance was not correct. I’d had my usual cleaning earlier this month, and when I called to ask about the $170.00 balance, the Insurance Company told me I had no Dental Insurance! Huh? I pay nearly $40.00 per month for this insurance! So I called the company Hubby used to work for before retirement, and they are working on the glitch! They could see right away that I did indeed have insurance!
That ate up my entire afternoon though and when I was done all I wanted was to chill out a little. But that was when we discovered the Direct TV Channel guide was missing. So after much hemming and hawing, I found one on Wikipedia and printed it out.
I’m almost afraid of what will happen next!
One of the reasons I do not ski anymore. I’ve been through so much with my shoulder and I can’t take the chance of any more injury. I miss it sometimes though.
Love YOU, Mel
Hopefully they will get the insurance deal worked out. Least when they looked it up, it showed you having insurance! My hubby called to drop me because I had gone to dentures, and the person waiting on him dropped both of us! His was free so you would think the person would have questioned him dropping it. Didn’t discover it till he needed a denture plate and they called to check on the insurance.