Clara's Blog

Okay I know it's weird to be craving this, but all of a sudden I can't wait to ski this winter. It's crazy because a) I don't really ski, b) I haven't been on skis since I moved here, and c) it's mid-August and I don't want the warm weather to go away. Honest.

It's just that all of a sudden I was looking at the big picture in Ottawa. We were in Cape Cod last week and I was thinking about the things on my List of Things to Do While Living Out East, and what had been accomplished. I have only knocked a few things off my list so far but they're good ones. I feel happy about them. I've now been to New England. I doubled my salary a few years after moving here. I found a career I can really call a career. I found Ken (well I didn't know his name yet, but I was hoping to find someone just like him and boy did I luck out).

But skiing, I have to start skiing. I don't need to be good, but I should be skiing a few times each winter. Seems silly not to. I want to try both downhill again, and try x-country skiing for the first time. I got to go snowshoeing for the first time this winter and that was so fun. I need to add some winter sports. I am very active in winter but they're all indoor sports now that I don't run anymore.

So there you go. This winter, I ski.