Took the dogs for a walk up to the cemetary and back. Lots of snow.
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Taught a morning group of 1, then an afternoon school group of 11 with Tyler. I had felt kinda queasy on the lifts that morning, but taught the whole day and felt OK. That night i crashed out in front of the TV.
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I went to work feeling pretty ill and asked to leave after the 10 o'clock line-up. I went home and slept.
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Took a sick day.
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Since it was saturday, i got up and went in to work even though i was still feeling rotten. I took one run and realized that i wasn't going to be able to teach, so went home. That day there was a big slopestyle competition at Okemo and the Smith (goggles) 4WD Limo with a rail on the top was parked a couple of spaces away from my truck.
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Took another sick day.
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Taught a morning group of 1. Took the dogs to the park when i got home since they hadn't been out for a while since i'd been sick.
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Day off. Slept some more to really rid myself of the cold.
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Taught a morning group of 1.
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Taught an 8:30 private, then an afternoon group of 1. This is one of the three new rails that were built and installed for the competition the previous weekend. I named them Larry, Moe, and Curly.
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Taught a morning group of 1, a 12:30 private, then had a requested private of a dad and daughter at 2:30. This was a family that regularly took ski lessons with Phil and he recommended me for a couple of snowboard lessons.
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At 9:30 i was given a 2-hour request private for an instructor who'd quit the day before, then i had a 1:30 private and the dad and daughter again at 2:30.
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Taught an 8:30 private, then a 9:30 3-hour 2-person private.
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Taught an 8:30 private, then an afternoon group of 6.
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Day off.
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Taught a morning group of 8 at Jackson Gore, then had the same 8 in an afternoon group.
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Taught an afternoon group of 2.
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Taught an 11:30 private, then an afternoon group of 5.
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There was a big competition going on at Stratton today and Aaron, one of the supervisors, wanted to go see some of it. I taught a morning group of 3, then was given a radio and ran the upper-level line-up at 1:00. It was pretty easy, one group of 2 kids. Then i rode around the base area a few times checking on lessons on the hill. Brought back memories of being a supervisor at Sandia Peak.
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Taught an 8:30 private out of the lower meeting area, 9:30 and 10:30 privates out of upper, then a 1:30 private out of lower. The 1:30 client extended for an extra hour.
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Just taught a 2:30 requested private (same kid as the day before that extended).
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Walked the dogs over to Elfin Lake, then climbed down the west bank of the Otter Creek to take some pictures of the big hunk of ice by the bridge. Teco looks like he's dead up there but he's just rolling in the snow.
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Taught a morning group of 2.
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New snow today, surprisingly light and fluffy for this time of year. I taught a 9:30 private, a 10:30 2-person private, then at about 1:10 someone called from Jackson Gore and needed 2 snowboard instructors. Maeve and i hopped on the lift and got over there at about 1:30 where i taught an afternoon group of 1 guy.
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Taught an 8:30 private, then a 12:30 3-hour 2-person private (2 kids, William and Jennie).
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Tyler and i co-taught a morning group of 8, then i had William and Jennie again at 12:30 for 3 hours (requested).
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Taught an 8:30 2-person private, a 9:30 2-person private, then had just Jennie for 3 hours at 10:30 (requested). William went back to skiing.
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Rain rain rain. Steady rain all day. There were 2 girls at 10:00 for a group lesson and no one wanted to teach. I was outside talking with them and everyone else was in the lodge. I came inside and Dennis, the supervisor, wrote all of our names on pieces of paper and someone drew out a name. It was Maeve, and she was just starting on a plate of pancakes. I walked back out to the two girls and was feeling like i could take the lesson, but i asked them if they wanted a boy instructor or a girl instructor. They wanted a girl, so i let Maeve take the lesson. Then a bunch of us went back to the locker room and played guitars for a while. In the afternoon, there were two more kids for a lesson and this time my name came up, so i taught in the rain for the afternoon.
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Day off. I spent the day cleaning the house in preparation for my parents arrival for a visit. They showed up around dinner time and we went out to Sal's for dinner.
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Second day off in a row!! The 'rents and i drove up to the Maple Sugaring Museum in Pittsford, then down to the Hubbardton Battle Field historic site. I had decided to drive there via a dirt road but it got so muddy that we had to turn around. That night we watched "The Incredibles" on DVD.
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I left for work and my parents left my house a while later. I got sent down to SnowStars and had 1 all-day 6-year-old. She was a pretty good rider and we just spent the day riding all over the slushy mountain.
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