i'm getting worse...

hmmm, so it seems I am getting worse at writing my blog. just call me a slacker. sorry.
and the funny thing is (well, I don't actually think it's all that funny....) is that I haven't written in nearly a month, but I can't remember what's been happening!

I'll recap the bits I do remember:

I was lucky enough to stay up Sunshine Village (on the hill) with the new boyfriend Will the other week. He was living up there for a couple of weeks until they moved into their new apartment (another story). It was great - it snowed copiously and I had 2 absolutely awesome days of riding! The other great thing was that it cost me next to nothing... you get signed in as a guest to the staff accom area, it's $30 and that gives you a place to stay and 2 days lift pass! Being that a lift pass is usually $70 odd for a day, I was a pretty happy camper.
I was riding with Will (who has the patience of a saint when it comes to coaching me on my techinique!) and Mark, the crazy canadian I work with...
After an exhausting 1st day, Will and I left Mark to head down the ski out to catch the bus back to Banff... but it didn't end so good for him - he took a bad bail and broke his collarbone (really badly too - the xrays make me shudder...). Poor boy, he was all by himself and had to be ski patrolled out, and taken straight to the hospital, where he had surgery... and now has a permenent memento of that day - 2 steel plates, 8 screws and a massive scar! That's his season over, but he's on the mend and seems cheerful enough now (especially since I gave him a NZ flag and a pineapple lump!)

In other happenings, Heather, Will and Kyle moved into their new apartment (I pretty much live there...I'm like a permenant guest)... it's still looking a bit bare, but the have the essentials - a bed each, a couch, a TV and an XBox! Moving in was a mission, but lots of fun. Kyle's old flat was in Canmore, a town about 20 minutes from Banff, so we 'borrowed' a bus from his work (he's a bus driver) and took it to Canmore to load all his stuff into. It worked really well - buses can carry a lot of stuff you know! They've now been in the apartment (good old 105) for nearly 10 days, and it's definately already home!

Heather's friend Claire (scottish as shortbread!) visited for a few days so it was nice to have some other girly company... we spent an awesome day up at Louise, even though the snow is starting to disappear (i'm hoping it's just the Chinook blowing through, and not the start of Spring just yet)... it's been realy warm lately - up to plus 10 aty one stage! And my friend Kirstin from Calgary is visiting next weekend, so I'm really excited about that! It'll be awesome to catch up with her, and show her what a local I've become!

I've been working quite a bit lately (cos of Mark's accident, he hasn't been able to work, leaving us short staffed...) but I've got Sun - Weds off this week and I'm heading down to Panorama Mountain Resort to visit some friends and check out another mountain... I'm really looking forward to it - I've booked myself into the hotel and have already got my lift pass... it'll be great to get away from Banff (as much as I love it here) and see Cam and Marko... can't wait! It's coasting me a pretty penny, but it'll be worth it!

That's about all the excitement I've had in the last 3 and a bit weeks... I've gotta go and buy a board bag now, so I can get all my gear safely to Panorama... and also cos it's only 6 weeks until I'm due to leave Banff... which I am fast deciding I don't really want to do... I have so many good friends here and am having the time of my life... but the UK and Spain are calling, so it's a bittersweet thought!

Miss you all lots,
Love,
Pip xxx