we had a near disaster 3 weeks ago when my 90 year old father-in-law took a bad spill and hit his head. he spent two days in an ICU, 5 more days on a medicine ward and then we finally got him home. that same day, my wife was laid off, so she and i have been providing round the clock care. he's back at home now.
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we got my wife's sister to come down for the week so that we could get the kids out on a ski trip during their spring break. i'd cancelled two ski trips during these last two weeks. this time, we were actually going.
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monday, february 16th. 6 hours for a normally 4 hour drive. we spend 2 hours waiting through chain control.
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we stayed in town of truckee, just 10 minutes north of the ski resort.
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tuesday, we woke up to light snow and skied in it all day. snow conditions were great!
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wednesday it was partly cloudy all day. ski conditions continued perfect.
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we were even able to hook up with two other families from home.
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thursday we continued with perfect ski conditions.
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ugghhhh! 3 days of skiing in a row and we're all beat. i've worked hard to get the kids well equipped and well trained. that includes having to carry their own gear.
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we ended the evening with a very tough game of monopoly and drove home the next day. it was nice to get away for the week.
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now, back to work!!!!!!!!!!!