Yesterday I enjoyed the best adult ski school pay day party that has occurred during the season here. It started with us nipping out to see the level 3 presentation for those who took the exams this week. This included Mike who I've been training with for most of the season. I was delighted when they announced that he passed his level 3 at the first time of asking and scored pretty highly all round. I'd like to think that if Mike can pass it so easily then so might I at some later stage.
The party then moved over the road to the bar where the pay day party videos were shown. This included the robot video that Dan and I made about a month ago. This received an excellent response and therefore we think we've got a reasonable chance of winning the heli skiing trip. After the videos we had a few more beers and then headed for Markos where we drank some wine and he cooked us a lovely spaghetti bolognaise.
Afterwards we headed for Tommy Africa's nightclub where we all continued to boogie until well after 2am! Needless to say, the rest of base pod were disappointed that it had taken me so long to put in a proper clubbing effort but were impressed by my awesome dance moves! Unfortunately the late night meant that I wasn't really in a fit state to get to morning training today!
Today I taught a lesson in the wettest snow that you could imagine. I finished the lesson competely soaked and was a bit fed up. This is the latest in a series of days where my enthusiasm for skiing out here has taken a clobbering. Combine this with missing Jennifer back at home and getting excited about going mountain biking and you'll understand why I've decided to head home a little earlier than expected. Therefore a week on Tuesday I'll be heading back to the UK with no regrets about what has been an awesome ski season.
I feel like the season has reached a natural conclusion for me as I won't get a chance to take the level 3 exam before I leave so I have no real target to aim for. As great as friends like George, Lian, Claire and Dan have been in the last couple of weeks at cheering me up, I think it's clear that I'd be happier at home at this point. I'm really excited about coming home but will be doing my best to enjoy all of the skiing that I have left here. This should include one or two more level 3 training sessions, a couple of days of free skiing and a few more days of teaching.
The countdown starts here (Jennifer!)!!!
