loose change

it is 10:34p–the latest i’ve been up in a while–and i’m writing this monday piece in bed! i had every intention of writing earlier today but time escaped me. we had a slow start to the mountain this morning and had so much fun doing instructional ski (sam providing drills for us to practice on the green) that we didn’t get home until 3ish. the only reason we left was because i picked up a last minute shift at offset. my brain was scrambled up after being outside all morning and i vowed to write after work, and then i delayed that for an hour or so to ~hang~. reconvening at the end of the day at home usually entails a good ~hang~, which we pronounce with a little pizazz, like haaangue, and normally entails an afternoon debrief or gossip exchange or snack hour. we’re becoming extremely adept at creating routines in this shared living space.

tonight’s hang was an unboxing of sorts! two packages came in today: we received our first ever christmas tree from sam’s mom (via harry and david), and i got a box of birthday love from kevin and annie. two of the most wholesome packages to ever land on a doorstep! the tree is preserved in such a way that it can be planted once the season is over, which prolongs the excitement.

lately i have been good at keeping busy and bad at replying to texts. my jobs aren’t fully scheduled out yet, and free mornings have been spent either on the mountain or in some variation of yoga + errands or yoga + admin. it’s an extremely cushy lifestyle for a gal who’s been more or less without work for a month, but it’s within my means! this week brings the exciting promise of a fuller work schedule and the true beginning of a park city winter rife with tourists and tip money. my boss told me today that the population ‘quadruples’ in pc beginning the week of christmas. the influx of christmas breakers so far has made for great people watching, esp on the mountain.

we tip toed into the uinta wilderness last week for a snowshoe adventure during the first big storm that’s hit since moving out to peoa. i’ve spent a lot of time lately in awe at my surroundings, shocked to find myself living in a place so beautiful and so foreign to me. this day was no exception! two or three inches of snow must have fallen while we were on trail. you could feel the magnitude of the land around us, too, the snow emphasizing the quiet vastness of the national forest land. it’s easy to smile big when you’re the only ones on trail tromping through fresh snow.

i’d wanted to write about a bunch of different things this week–i tried my first kundalini yoga class which yielded a lot of critical thought (and skepticism), i’ve looked up the definitions for ‘deductible’ and ‘premium’ at least three times each, we’ve started rewatching old episodes of the office, i’ve been enjoying a slice of leftover birthday cake every night with a glass of milk, i’m wondering if the key to a happy life is a busy life. in truth i will let these thoughts continue to spiral around my brain and maybe return here to expand on some this week! if not, i’m happy to have gotten another monday piece in under the wire–it’s 1120p and i don’t have an alarm set for the morning! for now i drift off to sleep. maybe next week i’ll write about dreaming. i’ve had some real crazy ones lately.

thank you for reading! short and sweet and better than nothing. sending love out! the next time i write will be christmas eve eve. time flies! xxo, r