The First of Many Storms'

In the past couple of months I have become a totally different person. I went from being a lost individual with no path in life, and all I wanted to do was ski, play rugby, and workout. Nothing ever came between that for me. I put it before family, friends, my girlfriend and my LIFE. Over the past month or so life decided to start winter early for me, and it has been dumping on me for the past 3 weeks. It all started with my my ex-girlfriend (best friend) finally pulling the trigger and calling it quits between us. At the same time my job search went south with no prospects or even an idea of what I wanted to do. Finally, when things I thought were over and done with my WRX gets rear ended, and is now in the shop for at least 8 days!!


At this point in my life I am buried in about 4 feet of snow, with no end in site. I told myself I have literally hit rock bottom, but after having some talks with friends and family. I was given some good insight on life. From my sister, she just told me that this is life, sometimes it's the most fun you can ever have, and sometimes it can be the worst. The break up between the girl I loved really made me look at things and assess my life. It made me realize that things are bad at that moment, but they have never been this bad ever, and just like in skiing you have your good days and bad days. Some times those bad days turn into weeks, months, and even years. After you have those bad days you learn from the mistakes you were making and it makes you a better skier right? That is the one thing that is hard to realize because it sucks so much at that moment, and all you want is to be able to fix it. If that is jumping a 30 foot cliff and sticking the landing, to being able to get off the lift without falling. Whatever it is, once you finally get past it you get a huge sense of relief off you chest, and you look back on what you went through and you are happy you went through that.


It is ironic, that I am writing this today, with the first major storm about to hit the Denver Metro area, but this is how life goes for everyone. Sometimes you are high as kite and you don't think you can be touched. Sometimes life comes at you full force and buries you in snow, to the point where you don't think you'll survive. That is the point where I am at and all you have to do is take a deep breath and point those ski tips back down the hill, and once you get to the bottom you will look back and see how much you have learned! And thank you Lindz for what you have taught me and what I am going to learn!

Enjoy the 2011-2012 ski season, hope it isn't full of those bad storms for you, but the ones that give you memories!