I was called in on my day off (normally Tuesday) to work a full day 9am-3:30. Little did I know that I had been given 7 never-ever snowboarders to teach.. That's a lot! Normal groups don't exceed 4 people and even the other instructors gave me raised eyebrows and said.. 'you may need some help' but everyone was busy too!
However the story behind why was really sweet - I had a boy Charlie (the one who liked snowballs!) earlier in the week try snowboarding instead of skiing. He loved it so much that whenever he saw me he'd come over for a chat with his mum too. They're so lovely. So Charlie's friends come over from Calgary and after a big days skiing, and snowboarding stories from Charlie, his friends wanted to try too! They were super excited to meet me and get snowboarding. It may have been organised chaos, but everyone was happy, everyone got mobile and learnt the basics of snowboarding. All of them said they can't wait to snowboard again which means I did my job right.
The day didn't end there though. Currently we a have a 50 person school group from Birmingham UK on a field trip. I volunteered to work in the evening to help put the activities department. I was assigned to poolside games in the hot pools. The hot pools do cover a large area but to keep 50 excitable 12-18 year olds contained when sharing this space with the public was a challenge but aptly managed by my college for the evening: Sarah. Thankfully no one minded the odd splash and excitement from the trivia game we played. The twist was that to answer the question you had to swim to me for a hi-5, which was hilarious as I kept hiding, swimming away and finding new places to sit when the kids had all their attention on Sarah the question master!
All in all a successful evening, a long tiring day (pretty much 9am-9pm) which required a lie in.
After my lie in today me and my housemate Elliot decided we would tackle the gross mess that was our kitchen sink and give our living area a bit of much needed care and attention. Good job us. Unfortunately we didn't have the best time management skills so gave ourselves 3minutes to grab all our stuff and sprint to the bus stop! We powered up the hill just in time to jump on the bus and head up to Pano for a park session and grab some footage.
Then disaster struck agian! After I stacked it (too much focus on filming and not skiing) I broke the strap off my binding! It was a only a matter of time as it was coming off already but it did kinda suck. Thankfully my friend and fellow instructor Josh always harvests parts from his bindings so odds on he can find me a piece to fix it with. If not, $8 for a replacement.
At home I fixed myself up some food, had a quick visit from the landlord regarding household fixings- the tumble-dryer short circuited and we couldn't mend it. And then we settled down for a unsettling horror movie night. At least my friend brought down my IPad I left at theirs so I could use it to unwind. Plus when I opened it I had a load of messages from friends and family to respond to, little things like that brighten your day.
I'm going to try to sleep now.. maybe some prince of bel air will appease my brain so I don't give myself nightmares..!
Until next time xx
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