a snowy escape

the past few days, will & i escaped to the snowy mountains of west virginia.  and when i say snowy, i mean SNOWWEEEEEEE.  seriously, just look at the patio door from our room!

i have never seen so much snow in all my life.  this is coming from a girl who just spent the last 3 years in snowy boone-town, nc.  when we arrived at snowshoe, i couldn’t believe my eyes.  the trees were so covered in snow, there was no green left.  they were entirely covered from top to bottom with snow & ice.  i looked around and felt like i had stepped into Narnia during the reign of the White Witch. it was crazy.

they said it was the best snowfall & the best skiing conditions they have had in 30 years.  30 YEARS!  it was beautiful. now, if you know me, you know i’m not that athletic.  i have no hand-eye coordination, and the only time i ever tried out for a sport in school, i tried out for soccer. i proceeded to fall down a hill & deem it as the most embarrassing moment of my life, and then not even make the team.  yes, I WAS THAT DORKY & UNCOORDINATED. but i’ll save that story for another day.

i simply say that to state that accomplishing anything remotely athletic makes me feel like i can conquer the world. i have been skiing a long time, but it has taken me quite  while to feel confident because of my lack o’ coordination.  i usually stick to the greens & the blues, but i was enjoying the blues so much that i got up the courage to ski a black diamond.  A BLACK DIAMOND YALL!  i don’t think you understand – this is the steepest kind of slope to ski down.  my sweet hubby (who had been skiing black diamonds all day) encouraged me and a good friend of ours to go for it.  CONQUER IT. i looked over the edge, and down i went!  and i didn’t fall ONCE!

i was quite proud of myself, to say the least.  in the middle of the day, i was able to sneak off by myself to this lovely, rustic little starbucks, where i was much more comfortable.  i had my coffee, my computer, my snow, and my self esteem.  it was lovely.

here’s to conquering something big this week! don’t hold back.  even when you don’t think you can do it, you never know unless you take that first step over the edge.