Skiing at -32

The cons are that you cannot feel your toes, fingers, or nose, but the pros are that you are the only one on the hill. I only skied for half a day, but it was a great day to just open up and carve. Without any other skidestrians it was easy to hit extremely high speeds without any risk of ski patrol having a hissy fit. The groomers were in perfect shape and I don't think that I have hit speeds like that in some time.

I can't wait to get back out there tomorrow.

As for tomorrow, and as for yesterday, I seem to have to pass from one day to the next with an attempt at sleep. I have been very tired lately so I have been going to bed at a good time, but then when I am there I cannot fall asleep, and then in the morning I wake up with great pain. This is pretty usual, but what has been added is that I can hear the mice running in the walls. I had hoped that we had killed all of the mice since only one of six traps had been triggered, but it would seem not. I have moved some traps with the hope that I will fall asleep to not the clatter of scampy feet, but instead snap snap snap.

We will see.

Anyways. It is very very cold, probably -20 outside the door right now. Time to get to work, and then time to write...