Most years, I get an awful case of the post-holiday blues. I’m not sure what it is I expect from Christmas (since they’re wonderful every year), but I feel like it has to do with all of the buildup that comes from me preparing for the big day a full month in advance. Seriously, Christmas music and my Pinterest boards start getting played and filled up even before Thanksgiving. Yup, I’m that annoyingly jolly person.
Anyways, as some of you might know, I’m currently in Tahoe on a ski vacation with a bunch of my family, Kyle, and my friend Ryan. We’re having a wonderful time and it’s doing a marvelous job of keeping away the holiday blues!
Here’s what’s Marvelous in My Monday!
Marvelous is taking Kyle skiing for the first time!
I’ve had skis on my feet since I was three years old. My dad decided that it would be a grand idea to take a toddler cross country skiing and I ended up throwing a huge fit (I probably would still throw a fit now if I had to cross country ski all day) and he had to carry me on his shoulders for the rest of the day.
Ever since then, my family and I have gone skiing most winters and it’s one of my favorite traditions. I was ecstatic when Kyle was able to come up to the mountains with us for his first-ever ski experience! After all, he is basically a part of my family already. I kid you not when I say that my mom likes him more than me.
He was a bit rocky with it at first and there was a lot of falling involved, but he’s a chipper guy and was (mostly) all smiles!
The trip was made even more fun by having our giant-of-a-friend Ryan there with us! Ryan also goes to our college and is one of our closest friends there.
Marvelous is delicious lunches after a hard day of exercise.
All that skiing really takes it out of you, and there’s nothing like sitting down to a hearty and delicious lunch. On the menu for the last few days? Beef chili with a side of cornbread (finally getting my mountain cornbread fix!) and one of the best burgers I’ve ever had, justly called the “Epic Burger”.
Marvelous is a rest day.
We went skiing two days in a row and after, everyone was a bundle of sore. Since we only go once a year, the unfamiliar motions make every.single.muscle in your body ache and taking a day to lounge around till 12 in our pajamas was just so nice.
At around 12:30, we headed into the small nearby town to grab some lunch and browse the shops. I ended up getting an Irish stew and stealing some bites of Kyle’s chicken burger as well. Delicious!
Since I’m lazy and the joints in my fingers are sore from gripping my ski poles, I’m going to stop typing and just throw out a bunch of pics. Cheers!
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