Okey dokey. Sooo it's been just about forever since I last updated you all on my status here in NZ. Oops! So here goes...
Hi! Man time is just flying by these days! So I'm living in this sweet house a little ways out of town with 5 other people. 2 kids from Colorado, 1 from Canada, and 2 from Australia. They're all super cool and I am really enjoying living with all of them! We've formed our little family and have made a nice little home here for ourselves. We try to keep the house relatively clean and as far as 6 people in a house are concerned I say we are succeeding. Trying to keep the utility bills down since it's super expensive and have been good on that side too which is rad. Sometimes we even come home to some home made cookies in the oven! Hmmm what else...
Work. Working as a lifty definitely has it's ups and downs. Ups include paid ride breaks, cheap rentals, free pass, discounts in town and to other ski fields, getting to know some rad people from all over the world, beautiful views (sunrises), becoming acquainted with the ski industry, and making great connections for the future. Downsides include waking up early, long days, and waking up early. We definitely have a worldly crew on lifts this year which has been sweet. I've been getting to know the patrollers too because I'm pretty sure I'm gonna come home and get started on becoming a ski patrol lady! You know what that means?? Yup SKIS! Very few ski areas hire snowboard ski patrol and if they do it's super hard to do some of the stuff that is required. I've been wanting to get back on skis for a few years now and have just been given the opportunity and some incentive to do so. I've been skiing at work for the past couple of days and it's SO FUN! Man it's crazy how quick that stuff comes back to you! I got fitted for ski boots the other day and have been demoing some skis out here. Who knew skiing could be tons o fun too!?!? I'm thinking a big purchase is coming my way :/
On my days off my friend Ian and I head up to Snow Park for some fun on the jumps! They have a sick set up including a ridiculous number of rails and boxes, smaller jumps (30ft), fun stuff to bonk, a gigantasaurus pipe, and a triple set (35ft, 45ft, 60ft). They are currently working on some other crazy jump thing but I have no clue what it is going to be. The snow here is still pretty scarce but we're just praying for more of it. Doesn't really matter all that much for Snow Park though, they have just about enough for their purposes. We just had a storm roll through and all the ski fields were closed for at least a day or two. It ended up being about 15 cm at Treble Cone topped with a nice warm layer of rain... boo. There's some light fluffy snow and some cold weather to come I hope!
Other than that I've just been hangin out, going to church, chillin in town with friends, oh and the other day some family came and met me down here! My friend drove me down to Queenstown and I got to spend the day with Joy, Dave, Tara, Grant, Zach, Guy, Peggy, Pill and Jim! It was super cool seeing those guys especially since I hadn't seen some of them in as many as 10 years! We went up the gondola above the lake and we enjoyed a buffet, some incredible views, each others company and got to luge! It was an awesome day just finding out what everyone has been up to and sharing my limited kiwi knowledge with all of them!
So I think that's about all I have to say at this point. That is just about my life in a nutshell for the moment. It's crazy when you wake up one day and realize you are living your dream life!!! I miss you all and hope you are all enjoying your summer!
LOVELOVELOVE
~Kaits
