skiing ?!

gabe and i tried our hands at skiing this weekend. we both signed up for private lessons seperately. i wouldn't want to bring him down !! my coach's name was JoJo, and she was perfect. she was very patient and knew exactly how to coach me !! after trekking up and down the bunny hill about 50 million times, she said okay i think you are ready for the lift. for those of you who didn't know, i am deathly afraid of heights. i always knew i could catch on to the skiing part, but the lift terrified me. well -- it wasn't as bad as i had imagined, it was actually a huge relief just getting to sit there and not have to do anything for a few minutes. but then the top of the lift came and the real fun began ?! well to make a long, painful story short, out of 4 runs, i fell 5 times, but 3 of the 5 came on the first run. the second run went so perfectly, jo jo was so proud of me and then came my moment of overconfidence. jojo said wedge left, which meant i should have gone right, but you guessed it i went left, yep warp speed down the rest of the mountain. all i could do was yell outta the way, thankfully i did hear the all knowing voice of jojo yelling from behind, "amanda on your butt". so down i went thud, thud,thud, ending in a heap at the bottom. the angel jojo was so worried until she saw i was laughing histerically, i then have never seen anyone laugh so hard at me. she said she was sure she was going to find a heap of bones. she then admitted she thought i was just being adventurous going down the fast slope, i then set her straight nope i was just out of control !! the next two runs went a lot better, just one little skid on the third and a perfect run on the fourth. i always feel you should stop when you are ahead, so the fourth was my last for the day. gabe had a much better day. his coach said he was learning very quickly, and he loved it. he thought it was so much fun. this morning he was like, "mom i feel great, why are you so sore?" oh someday he'll understand !! gabe and shawn are going out again next weekend to do the actual lift and mountain !! we'll keep you updated !