So, a little update on my poor car. Almost word for word for the lady at the repair shop: "Yadda yadda, hole in the undercarriage ... yadda yadda ... water in the hydraulics system ... yadda yadda ... cold temperatures = water freezing ... yadda yadda ... $775 --"

Holy.

Shit.


And that's what they think the problem is.

In better news, borrowed a car from a friend for weekend pet sitting. Planned on ridesharing up to the mountains for skiing to take my mind off it all, but guess what liz the dummy did?

If you guessed that she left her skis, boots, poles and winter parka in her car that got towed in and is not locked up over the weekend, you win a cookie.

1. Skiied my first black diamonds of the season. Or of the last 15 seasons. And damn, they felt good. Painful, scary, but good.

2. Drove up to the pass for skiing so S. and I could leave early to walk dogs. And then stuck around for just one more run (okay, maybe two or three) and ended up stuck in crazy traffic.

3. Had to chain up to make it down the pass.

4. Lost a chain half way down. So if anyone finds a lonely tire chain halfway between Snoqualmie and Seattle, it might be mine.

5. Learned that sometimes, 1 chain is still better than none.

And now I'm going to bed so I can do it all tomorrow.

Things I did not do today:

Study for my chemistry exam on Wednesday.

But there was snow! In the mountains! With funny people! Tough decision ...

Dayum.

Well, we're the SeaHawks, not the SnowHawks. And now I think everyone knows why.

*headthuddesk*

Even with pitchers of beer and an entire bar full of the 12th man, that game just hurt. As much as I hate the Cowboys and the Packers, (sorry herowlness!), I'm anticipating they'll be duking it out in the NFC Championship. And while it'll be a good game, and I'll watch, it matter, cause I have decided:

I am boycotting a Patriot Super Bowl. mkwhite, I'm off to buy my Crystal Mountain bus ticket!

For any and all Seattle folks, The Sunset Bowl is closing and being turned to evil soulless spawns of Satan mixed use condos. Farewell to bowling pin shaped beers, late-night karaoke and good time cheap party central. Are there even any bowling alleys left now that Leilani and Sunset are gone/going? Lame-o.

Went skiing yesterday with mkwhite and some good peeps and had way too much fun playing in the powder. Top that off with King's veggie burgers and oodles of beer to celebrate the Hawks wildcard victory and meeting cute boys (and some very-not-so-cute boys) and you have a tired, sore Liz this morning. Was going to go back up to mountains for more punishment ski-time, but Trish is sick and Allison hungover and instead I got a lazy morning with coffee, vegan donuts and the AFC Wildcard games. :)

I've got a random bruise on my knee that is seriously the size of a grapefruit. Uh, ouch?! Where the hell it came from I surely do not know.

Another loooong break from LJ ... went home to SF for Christmas. Not enough friend time (although A's belly is big and growing and kicking now and she's glowing now that the months of puking and moodiness are over), too much family time (successfully managed to pick a fight with big-sis and then had to talk her out of storming out of the house and ruining one of our three christmas dinners), lots of photos on my new digicam, big beautiful niece and nephew, my brother seems calm and happy and that is fabulous. Dad is old now and reminds me of his mother at that age, crotchedy, keeps the house like a sauna, but still hilarious throughout it all.

Plus ... I picked up my new skis yesterday! Bindings are all mounted and they look so sweet and sleek and fast! Meant to head up this morning but felt headachy and didn't feel like doing the first ski of the season alone. But the mountains are calling my name, and so I'm going Saturday and Sunday. Sorry Seahawks! Oodles of fresh powder so trump your playoff game.

In a totally unrelated topic ... the big 3-0 is nearly exactly 6 months away. And a post over in seattle made me think that I should really plan something fun for it. Any ideas? I'm loving the thought of a week in italy, but it'd be nice to do something here that people could come join in on. Not up for the whole skydiving thing (cause despite popular opinion, I'm not crazy, but ideas seem few and far between ... there's got to be something fun and affordable and not a pain in the ass to plan.