vail vacation
my vacation in vail was great. a break from work was strongly needed and thus appreciated. i was able to spend 4 full days in beautiful weather and with no responsibilities.
i got to vail friday morning which means that i got up in austin much earlier - 4 am to be exact. needless to say it was a long day but i wanted to get the most time in CO as possible. kel and i went to vail village which basically consists of shops, restuarants, bars etc. we got the hugest plate of nachos ive ever seen in my life for lunch and didnt have any problem finishing them off. we walked around all the shops and the weather was soo great. i was afraid that i would be freezing seeing as how it was 70 when i left austin. it was definitely colder in vail, but every day was sunny and clear making it seem a lot warmer than it was.
later i got my first taste of snowshoeing. i had heard good things about it and was looking forward to wear awkwardly large shoes on my feet. we weren't necessarily in snowshoe terrain but i still got a feel for it. we also borrowed one of kels friends dogs, lily, for the trip - i think she had more fun than we did!
the next day i met kel at work and did some skiing! yeah, she was working yet was able to ski with me for about 4 hours -pretty tough job! later she had to do some non skiing work so she dropped me off at the surefoot store where a bunch of her friends worked and i got babysat by 5 guys for an hour. she did this another day too when she had to work but i didnt mind - who wouldnt like 5 cute guys babysitting them? ;)
so skiing was pretty successful. honestly i was a little fearful going into it bc my last skiing experience was pretty traumatic. but it was actually pretty amazing how well i did (for me). and im not bragging or anything - i didnt venture from any greens and didnt do any 'sweet jumps' but i didnt fall once and came home with no broken limbs! more importantly it gave me a renewed attitude towards skiing and i can actually say that i enjoy it and want to do it again!!! plus, kel totally got me the hookup with skis and boots and so skiing was super super cheap!!
what else...we went out one nite and i experienced vail nite life...which isnt too different from any other cities nite life except that there are soo many more guys. i think kel said the guy/girl ratio is like 8:1 or something ridiculous like that. so yeah, lots of cute ski bum boys everywhere. so that was fun...a little bar hoppin...a little dancin...
one nite me and kel ate at a place called bobs with her friend dylan and i got to eat wings for the first time. i know...im 24 and ive never had wings before - practically unheard of right? well, in case you were wondering, i liked them a lot and admit that im a little sad i missed out on them all these years.
my last nite there we went to eat with some more of her friends from work and then went hot tubbing for a little while. oh, did i mention how crazy sore i was from skiing?? definitely used some muscles that i probably havent used since i went skiing the last time..which was like 6 years ago. so the hot tub felt great and it pretty much knocked us out for the rest of the nite - which was good since we had to get up at 530 to go to the airport!
it was sad to go...especially knowing that i was going to have to get back to my 9-5 work routine. kel - thanks so much for having me! my trip was great and it was so fun to finally see all these places you go and have worked at and put faces to all the names ive heard over the past year. i cant wait to come back during the summer!
so that was the trip in short summary. the worst part of the trip was the plane rides by far...especially the one coming back to austin. there was so much turbulence that i really thought the plane was going to go down and we were all going to die. ok maybe not really but it was really bad. and did i mention that airports and airplanes make me nauseous? and heres the neatest part...i finally get back to austin and am at the baggage claim and my luggage is nowhere to be found. later i find out that for some odd reason my bag didnt make it onto the plane...seems a little weird since i was on the plane, but whatever. so...my bag took the next flight and was delivered to my house 8 hrs. later. not a huge deal since i did actually receive it in the end but its just one of those things that you never think will happen to you.
so...all to say...vacation was good. being back in tx isnt as much. and ever since i arrived back in the lone star state i have become sick so that puts a damper on life as well. on the upside, it keeps me out of work a little longer...and for that im grateful.
i got to vail friday morning which means that i got up in austin much earlier - 4 am to be exact. needless to say it was a long day but i wanted to get the most time in CO as possible. kel and i went to vail village which basically consists of shops, restuarants, bars etc. we got the hugest plate of nachos ive ever seen in my life for lunch and didnt have any problem finishing them off. we walked around all the shops and the weather was soo great. i was afraid that i would be freezing seeing as how it was 70 when i left austin. it was definitely colder in vail, but every day was sunny and clear making it seem a lot warmer than it was.
later i got my first taste of snowshoeing. i had heard good things about it and was looking forward to wear awkwardly large shoes on my feet. we weren't necessarily in snowshoe terrain but i still got a feel for it. we also borrowed one of kels friends dogs, lily, for the trip - i think she had more fun than we did!
the next day i met kel at work and did some skiing! yeah, she was working yet was able to ski with me for about 4 hours -pretty tough job! later she had to do some non skiing work so she dropped me off at the surefoot store where a bunch of her friends worked and i got babysat by 5 guys for an hour. she did this another day too when she had to work but i didnt mind - who wouldnt like 5 cute guys babysitting them? ;)
so skiing was pretty successful. honestly i was a little fearful going into it bc my last skiing experience was pretty traumatic. but it was actually pretty amazing how well i did (for me). and im not bragging or anything - i didnt venture from any greens and didnt do any 'sweet jumps' but i didnt fall once and came home with no broken limbs! more importantly it gave me a renewed attitude towards skiing and i can actually say that i enjoy it and want to do it again!!! plus, kel totally got me the hookup with skis and boots and so skiing was super super cheap!!
what else...we went out one nite and i experienced vail nite life...which isnt too different from any other cities nite life except that there are soo many more guys. i think kel said the guy/girl ratio is like 8:1 or something ridiculous like that. so yeah, lots of cute ski bum boys everywhere. so that was fun...a little bar hoppin...a little dancin...
one nite me and kel ate at a place called bobs with her friend dylan and i got to eat wings for the first time. i know...im 24 and ive never had wings before - practically unheard of right? well, in case you were wondering, i liked them a lot and admit that im a little sad i missed out on them all these years.
my last nite there we went to eat with some more of her friends from work and then went hot tubbing for a little while. oh, did i mention how crazy sore i was from skiing?? definitely used some muscles that i probably havent used since i went skiing the last time..which was like 6 years ago. so the hot tub felt great and it pretty much knocked us out for the rest of the nite - which was good since we had to get up at 530 to go to the airport!
it was sad to go...especially knowing that i was going to have to get back to my 9-5 work routine. kel - thanks so much for having me! my trip was great and it was so fun to finally see all these places you go and have worked at and put faces to all the names ive heard over the past year. i cant wait to come back during the summer!
so that was the trip in short summary. the worst part of the trip was the plane rides by far...especially the one coming back to austin. there was so much turbulence that i really thought the plane was going to go down and we were all going to die. ok maybe not really but it was really bad. and did i mention that airports and airplanes make me nauseous? and heres the neatest part...i finally get back to austin and am at the baggage claim and my luggage is nowhere to be found. later i find out that for some odd reason my bag didnt make it onto the plane...seems a little weird since i was on the plane, but whatever. so...my bag took the next flight and was delivered to my house 8 hrs. later. not a huge deal since i did actually receive it in the end but its just one of those things that you never think will happen to you.
so...all to say...vacation was good. being back in tx isnt as much. and ever since i arrived back in the lone star state i have become sick so that puts a damper on life as well. on the upside, it keeps me out of work a little longer...and for that im grateful.
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