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yesterday was my last day of work up at park city. ::sigh:: sad day. well it was a sad day until i wanted to murder the people in my very last lesson of the whole season but at least i got a tip out of it. not gonna lie, im kinda glad its over. as much as i love it, sometimes it is so frustrating. i hate driving the hour up a canyon that my car can barely clear 45mph through, just to suit up and get backlined for the rest of the day while not getting paid. sometimes my groups are horrible-like yesterday when a woman tried to decapitate two children with her board-and it takes an emotional toll as well. i invest patience and hope in each client and when they dont care to learn, or they stop trying, i cant help but feel like they are wasting my time. but then again there are great lessons too-the lessons where they pick it up so quickly and you are as excited as you were when YOU learned to ride. its such a roller coaster of emotion that its definitely draining. i dont know how people do it full time. three times a week was enough for me.

now that the season is almost over (im done working but the resort is still open) im really excited. some people think im crazy cuz they just want to ride all year round and i can understand that. but there are other passions that i have that include the sun...like the beach. thats a hobby of mine. and you sure cant do that with the snow. some people are incredulous that i could be happy for the summer when i just ended my last season as an instructor at Park City. but hey, i got to live my dream for two years, i got better, and now its time for me to move on and just have fun with my hobbies rather than making them my career.

somethings im excited for now that that i have a life again:
not having to fill up my gas every 3 days
sleeping in
watching law and order marathons
conquering free boarding
evening out the tan line on my face
having dance parties with my roommates
going to seattle (maybe?) and nj over the summer
chaining myself to the mailbox (see post below)
being a bumsnowboarda as an identity not as a job title
going back to the gym on a regular basis and not wasting my money on a membership i havent been using...


ok thats a good list, ill think of more im sure...