Our Adventure called Life

I’ve been so focused on getting the blogs about our ski trip posted, I’ve neglected to write about the present! Last week was eventful as I gave a presentation to 5th graders at Scott Elementary about our trip to Antarctica. I had worked with the teacher years before while participating in Junior Achievement. I’ve kept in touch with her and she calls me yearly to speak to her students about traveling. I absolutely love the experience and it always makes me question if I went into the wrong profession. The young minds soaked up the information I fed them and asked great questions! Well, most of the questions were good but some of the male students got hung up on the ships' hot tub.  The next 4 questions were all directly related to how much time I spent in the hot tub, how many people could fit into the hot tub, what I wore in the hot tub, etc. Boys! The presentation lasted about 45 minutes but I could have talked for hours! I learned a lesson about parking near the bus lane tha...

I’m finally beginning to get used to waking up with the sun. I’m also used to this guy Jimmy being 5 feet away from me on a twin size bed. Really the only complaint I have on our bedroom is the door doesn’t lock. Scott has learned to be very patient with his guy friends who amazing need into the bedroom every time I’m changing clothes. Coincidence? The group divided into 2 groups today. The couples, Kenneth & Michelle, Ryan & Jami, and Scott & I decided to head into the wide open mountain range on snowmobiles. The other guys decided to inflict more damage on their already mistreated bodies and hit the ski slopes one last time. We had a few hours that morning before we had to pick up our snowmobiles. The girls wanted to do a little shopping and the guys didn’t trust the girls to make it back before we had to leave at noon. So the 6 of headed to Main Street. As the Sundance Film Festival was getting underway, we scored free items simply by walking down the street. I was m...