Look at me keeping up with this...

So skiing is the best sport ever. I'm not too shabby either. I've been thrown down my share of black diamonds now in a couple feet of powder and I've held my own. No broken bones or mishaped limbs yet. However I'm taking good advice involving some groin icing.

One of the more interesting hobbies I've taken up in the past week or two is conversation with whatever random person I end up on a lift with. It's amazing how many people are my age, are from back East, and are taking a year off from school. I've met several different people from New Jersey, many of who live a few miles from my house. Unlike myself, most of these people were lucky enough to know someone already in this area. Housing and a social life came much more easily.

Come to think of it, I'm pretty proud of myself for what I've accomplished this year. Most of my major accomplishments in life have almost always involved academics. However, I have not done one academic thing since I've been out here (with the exception of "saying" I'm going to grad school next year). I decided not to live in New Jersey, decided that Colorado sounded cool, found a place to live, drove on out here, got a job, am currently holding a steady income, making lots of friends, experiencing new things, skiing almost every day, and I'm truly happy as a result. I feel very liberated. It's as though I've been given the realization that I have the power to steer my life in any direction I choose. It's pretty damn cool. Funny, because I could've done these things all along.


I remember thinking to myself this Summer, that if I pulled this off, I was damn good. Ha.