Ski Trip 2001!



Dark Blue = Casey Gray Blue = Sam

S: Alright, after *much* quarreling about where to put the damn pictures on this page, Casey and I would like to begin sharing with you the happenings of Josh's Ski Trip 2001. :D
C: It took place February 2nd-4th on a 3-day weekend. We left around 2 in the aftrenoon, and after a crazy drive that involved Josh's parents racing eachother, we arrived at the ski condo around 4:30.
S: Ah yes, it was quite a feat getting all our luggage into his condo. None of us knew what to do with ourselves at first, but finally the video-game-crazed part of the group went upstairs for a psychopathic game of "Bubble Bobble", a primative Nintendo game that wouldn't entertain a monkey. Casey, me and a few others remained downstairs snacking and being excited.
C: Later that night, we watched "The Green Mile", a way too long and depressing movie.
S: Well, I'm sure if we had complete silence during it, it might've been a little more enjoyable. I think we missed some key moments.
C: Yes, the people who weren't watching Green Mile were playing a horribly loud card game called "chips and salsa". It was SO annoying. The movie ended, and we were all very tired. Not that we could sleep, because chips and salsa was still going on. Finally, everyone (boys & girls in the same room!) got into bed. 45 minutes later, late night chatter and giggling was still heard. There was a long talk about who was the devil. I finally announced that I was the devil, just so they could go to sleep.

S: Dear Lord, I couldn't have been more frustrated with you guys then! (Casey interjects: "You guys?" S: "Yeah, I wasn't a part of that!" C: "Neither was I, I just told them I was the devil so they would go to sleep.") Now that that is settled, I just want to say I enjoyed sleeping next to Josh and Megan very much. ;)
C: Well, onto the 2nd day. SKIING. God, I hated it. It was fun, but I was the worst skiier EVER!!! I fell down at LEAST 100 times! Josh's dad stayed with me the whole time and helped me. However, his comments went from "It's okay, just get up and try again," to "Don't you dare fall again, 'cause I'm sick of picking your sorry butt up!" Heh heh.
S: Haha, I wish I could've seen that! But no, John Michael and I went back to the condo early and played a fun game of "Quiddler" with Josh's mom and Casey's mom. "Quiddler" is basically Scrabble with cards. J.M. had a great word. *rolls eyes* (see picture)
C: After a long day of skiing, and killing ourselves in my case, we returned to the condo, tired and very sore. Heh heh, and we thought we were sore THEN! Wait'll we wake up the next morning! We were all popping Ibuprofen and moaning. But despite our pain, we did something, imho, much more fun than skiing. SNOWTUBING!!! :D
S: Alright, "imho" means "in my humble opinion". *sigh* Snowtubing, yeah, that was pretty cool. Like advanced sled riding. (Casey interjects: "Advanced sled riding?!? It's more like sled riding for dummies." S: "Well, I figured since you have the intricate snow slides and that thing that pulls you and your tube up. I'd say that's pretty advanced from sled riding." C: "Whatever." S: "You hate me, don't you.")
C: We ate lunch in the snow tubing lodge, sat by the fire, and snow tubed some more. We had one huge snowball fight before we left.
S: Yeah, Nik said a very bad word in front of Casey's mom. He's stupid. That was while waitng for Josh's dad to come pick us up. When we got back to the condo, we had a second lunch Josh's mom made for us and hung out until it was time for us to pack up and head on home.
C: That was very sad. We all agreed we'd like to do it again next year. We arrived back in Hermitage very late. Me, Sam, Megan, and Josh went to Wendy's since we were early. Then we finally went back to Josh's, and everyone waited for their parents to come get them. All and all, it was a very physically exhausting and fun trip!
S: You know it, General Stinky! Hahahah...
C: Yes, Sam started calling me "general" a few days before the trip, and "Stinky" came during the trip. So during the last half of the trip she combined them and I was known as "General Stinky."
S: :)

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