For the past couple of days, we’ve been experiencing some technical difficulties with our internet connection. It’s not our little computers fault, the connection just isn’t getting there. Therefore we have been somewhat cut from the rest of the world, especially as we haven’t been leaving the house much. We make the occasional treks into town but with no car, and average temperatures of minus 30 degrees Celsius, we try to keep the town visits to a minimum. We went in yesterday and it was so cold, the coldest I’ve ever been in my life. And I was wearing 2 pairs of socks, 2 long-sleeved shirts, a thick woollen cardigan, and a windproof, fleece lined jacket and thermal leggings under my jeans! It only takes about half an hour to walk into town but with the wind, and the cold and the snow, it feels like hours.

There is, however, a positive consequence of all this wintery goodness. We found out yesterday that due to high snowfall, the Fernie Ski Resort is opening for this weekend! This Saturday and Sunday! Which also happens to be my birthday weekend! And I don't have to start work until the 2nd of December. Hurrah! And I’ll be able to ski on my birthday! Best birthday present EVERRRR!

Robyn and Adam get back to Fernie on Friday, which is exciting. It seems like they’ve had a great time in Australia, I just hope they’re prepared for the epic coldness that awaits them!

I had another skiing dream last night, me and my brother and my Dad all went skiing. I’ve been really worried that my skiing talents will be long gone, as I haven’t been in the snow for almost 6 years. In the dream though, I seemed to be skiing pretty well so hopefully, it was a subliminal message that I will be fine and even though I’ll have the obligatory awesome stacks but all in all, it’ll just be like riding a bike and it’ll all come back to me... hopefully.

There are some really good perks that come with working up on the hill. Group lessons are free, you get good discounts on food and beverage, and also on hire gear. And, most importantly, coffee is only 25cents! Awesome! And there is also the perk of ski breaks during the day! I’m pretty excited to start work, I’ve been feeling pretty inactive lately and it’ll be great to get some funds rolling in, at the awesome rate of $8 an hour woo! The general consensus also implies that Lost Boy’s is a fun place to work as well, so I’m hoping the people like me and the work is cool.

Hopefully we’ll be back online soon so our posts won’t be so few and far between.

Much skiing anticipatory love, T and Z