breck

my second night up at the cabin has been much more laid back than last night. we had nine people up here and six of them technically didn't belong. jay and kim spent most of the evening upstairs while me and the boys hung out down here. steve and paul (ibarra) showed up first, and headed straight to take naps after their day at breck. paul (klapper) and marke showed up over two hours after when they should have been here, but that's what happens when you flip off a crazy russian lady who blocks you in her driveway and calls the cops who have to do the breathalizer (sidenote: anyone know the proper spelling of breathalizer?) charade. oh well. pete and chas showed up last after most of the drinking and games had already ended. (first, we watched the avs face a horrible defeat from the freaking kings, and then we watched the end of the nebraska-michigan game, which just added insult to injury with a ridiculous end of the game in the final seconds. i don't want to talk about either anymore.}

by the time chas, paul (ibarra), and steve got back from going to the liquor store and getting pizza, most of us were pretty tired and we watched some south park and about fell asleep where we were sitting. we were up again at 8:30-9 this morning after going to sleep around 1am or so. mark was on his way back to denver, and the rest of us were en route to a-basin. after ridiculous traffic and snow and ticket office ordeals, we were finally on the hill at 10:30.

it started snowing before we were up and continued that way until about 4pm. there was probably four inches of fresh powder when we got on the mountain, and since the snow kept up all day, we had powder on every run. visibility was incredibly poor, especially on the top of the mountain where we were all day. luckily most of the powder was somewhat forgiving, so there were only a few mini-yard sales by chas and pete, and the pauls and i had some spectacular digs. i haven't had that good of a day at a-basin in a long time. those boys pushed me pretty hard and now i am exhausted.

now, it is time for some more mikes, perhaps some food, tv, and sleep.

i head back to denver tomorrow morning (keep your fingers crossed that the nws has it right for tomorrow and no snow on the drive home). i have lunch with alyssa at olive garden (yum...excited!) at 1pm, and then jill and i are supposed to be seeing rumor has it (jennifer aniston, kevin costner, mark ruffalo, etc) at some point tomorrow since brian is working...we think.

goodnight. i hope everything is going well. perhaps we shall talk soon. i can only hope.

p.s. it's really 10:38pm.