Skiing and Studying

I went skiing a few days ago with my Russian compatriot, well that makes no sense but anyway we went skiing. We went the La Feclaz, which is a local little ski hill. It costs 14,5 euros for a round trip bus ticket and lift ticket. Not too bad. It was his first time ever skiing so he decided to try out snowboarding. He has had some practice with skateboarding so he wanted to try his luck with a snowboard.

Getting on the lift the first time it was a bit iffy but afterwards he rapidly started to get better and better. Overall considering that it was he first time he did pretty well. On one run he beat be to the bottom because I was too busy getting lost in the woods.

The day itself was absolutely marvelous; a perfectly sunny day and not too many people for most of the day. It was kind of a slow day skiing-wise, yet I still had fun. I'm used to now skiing better than most of my friends and always look back on the times I skied with Richard because we would both find the runs that we took fun and challenging. I'll have some more ski stories to come once there is more skiing.

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One thing that is 'funny' about house is that we all try to avoid Mme J as much as possible. Her presence is overbearing much of the time and I think none of us are usually in the mood for such. On the other hand it is fun to get a good laugh when you are only a passive witness to her reproaches. I'm not really afraid of Mme J like I used to be it is just that hearing complaints in one form or another is never pleasant. I've also discovered that laughing is a fun option but then she just asks me why I'm laughing. I'm not sure how to say: "Your French-like dissatisfaction in many things makes me giggle."

The other day I made a odd observation that within about 10 minutes of Mme J leaving the house everyone was in the kitchen. I ran a quick poll to see if everyone was on the same page. We were all waiting in our rooms for Mme J to leave. Thankfully I was getting some studying done but my other roommates seemed to be fasting until it was safe to go into the kitchen. Anyway it is pretty funny at times.

Today I tried to get out of the kitchen before she arrived but was unsuccessful. The result was me helping her fiddle around with trying to fix the faucet and getting nowhere in the process. The faucet semi-broke over Christmas brake and ever since it has two streams of water. The main flow as well as a mini geyser that sprays you in the face every time you turn on the water. It is like have a squirt gun battle every time you do the dishes. Fun! It seems to get me every time.