<p>Thanks, everyone.</p>
<p>Soozie,
The funny thing is, we ski every year (have wit the kids, with the exception of last year when DH opted for a warm weather family vacation,for 19 years). Three of the 19 trips have involved injuries. So, for the mostpart, the trips hafe been uneventful. The injuries occurred when they were older and more competitive and daredevil-ish. The recent broken nose was at the end of a trip where they admitedly pushed themselves hard every day, and were tired. That, combined with the fact that they’ve really never had so much fresh powder (dumped fresh powder daily-- 30" in all for the week there were there!) and older s (who was on skis) just got stuck in some very deep powder and his legs were tired and he had trouble pulling them up out of the snow quickly, So, the stopped but his body didn’t. Ouch. When the snowboasrded they wore wristguards, and they wore their helmets every day, faithfully. So the took reasonable precautions, but stillpushed themselves hard. Older s was with his college friend, who lives in Colo and practically lives on the slopes and was on a snowboard when he broke his nose. They were apparently moving pretty quick. He (DS) did not take a single jump the entire time he was onthe mtn, since thats how he broke his leg last time.</p>
<p>Sybb,
Hi!! Happy new year! Yes, they keep me on my toes. I could use dull and boring for a while. really. DS#1 is already onthe road driving back home ( approx. 7 hr drive) in thecold rain. He has a committment at 5 today. He left at 10:15. He didn’t get a lot of sleep (well, maybe 6 hrs, but they got very little the night before as well). Am I a bit worried? Yes. What can I do, cross my fingers and hope for the best. </p>
<p>Younger s is actually flying back top school on Southwest out of an airport that is 2 1/2 hrs away. So we will be doing the long drive there and back this afternoon. Its the last flight out from that airport to NOLA. I want to leave earlier than my H does. We will “negotiate”.</p>
<p>VH-
Jerome was the dispatcher, not the driver, but no matter. The driver arrives with the duffels around 11:45 pm. I was doing laundry til 4:30 am!</p>
<p>Yes, I know I could send them back home/to school with dirty clothes, but they had been skiing for a week and everything really SMELLS. Not just the normal dirty stuff. This is dirty, stinky stuff. It would make everything smell, even if I put it in plastic bags. And I dont get to do too many “mom” things anymore for them. Laundry is ok. And the stuff that stays here (long underwear, neck gators, ski pants, turtleneck shirts, etc) all stunk and needed washing. I finished some of that this morning-- did the “essentials” last night/early this morning, before my 4 hr “nap” . Drinking lots of coffee this morning…</p>