<p>jym, some kids will go to any extreme for a hook all for the sake of college applications 
Hope s heals quickly and they can enjoy their trip otherwise…</p>
<p>Seriously? That is a bad break, jym626. We didn’t keep enough fingers crossed or didn’t keep it up long enough; I thought they were home now… Sorry!</p>
<p>Highlandmom–
My older s is already OUT of college!! He doesnt need a hook… in his nose or anywhere!</p>
<p>Hi eso!
Younger s was home for several wks. Older s came in New Years day and they flew out the next day. they are supposed to come back tomorrow (I am hoping they’ll try to catch an earlier flight) and they both head back to their respective destinations (school/home) on Sunday. I was hoping to ger a family picture when they came back tomorrow. Oh well…</p>
<p>Christmas photos were hard to get at our house as D broke her nose Christmas Eve morning. She broke it with her own knee, high jumping at indoor track practice!</p>
<p>^^ Ouch!! I think my s must have hit his own ski when he did the flip in the snow (his ski got caught in the deep powder when he was trying to pick up some speed because they were about to go on a flat cutover to another slope called a “catwalk”, for you non-skiiers) Funny (well not really, but I have to try to laugh) how they do this to themselves.</p>
<p>jym
if you would like to move to Minn, I know a lovely young ortho resident (final yr) who needs patients…my nephew!!</p>
<p>cathymee-
Do you think he’ll give a volume discount? :o</p>
<p>Hi, jym - so sorry to hear about this latest installment - it’s just too much! I’m sorry our finger-crossing didn’t work. 
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<p>Years ago, my ski flew back and hit me in the face - nothing broke, but I looked like I had been beaten pretty badly - and I’ll never forget the look on my mom’s face when she first saw me after that incident! Poor mom!</p>
<p>update-
Well, good news, bad news. They got on an earlier flight (very early) and managed to avoid the oversized baggage fee and flight change fee (yay!) but… their luggage didnt make it. Apparently Denver’s baggage conveyer belt was broken so the plane took off with NO ONE’s luggage (and I am guessing that happened to all the flights that left Denver early this morning. They arrived home just before noon (DS’s nose is a bit “S” shaped. He’ll have to see an ENT when he gets back to his home city ASAP). They got a call 3 hours ago tht the bags were located and here in our city, and being given to the courier for delivery. So we wait… We have a LOT of laundry to do, and they head out for their final destinations (DS#2 flies back to college) tomorrow. Sigh…</p>
<p>Everytime my family goes snowboarding I breathe a sign of relief when they are done with no injuries. My husband has realized the last few times boarding with my son that he can no longer keep up. This time my son took his younger sister on some pretty hairy runs. I guess at one time bringing her to tears. My husband likes to keep the trips to 3 days of skiing or boarding. In our family that seems to keep the accidents to a minimum. After 3 days everyone has had a great time but H is ready and grateful to return home with everyone in one piece.</p>
<p>Glad the boys got back OK and that the luggage is close behind. My son is still on his snowboarding trip, and I, too, will be happy when it is over. He is a risk-taker, needless to say.</p>
<p>Well, I finally managed to get a human being to answer the phone at the delayed /lost baggage office and sweet-talked the name of the courrier service out of him. Had a nice chat with “Jerome” who said we “might” get the bags by MIDNIGHT! I told him I have to wash everythignin those duffels and the boys are leaving early tomorrow (which is true) and that there’d be a good tip in it for the delivery guy if he could get here sooner. The delivery guy has the same first name as one of my s’s. Jerome said he’d call him and call me back. That was 15 minutes ago… Still nothing. Sigh.</p>
<p>MOWC- Hope he is safe. </p>
<p>mom60-
Your strategy is a good one. But for use, going skiing meand travelling 2/3 across country, so we get in as much as we can. Since it was supposed to be a family trip, if DH and I had gone, we’d have spent less time on the mtn-- would have taken more breaks and taken a “real” lunch (not granola bars on the chair lift as they did). For me, it taked 3 days to get my “ski legs” on. I am usually better the second half of the trip.
<strong><em>UPDATE</em></strong> WOO HOO (sorta). Jerome just called-- the driver will make our stop the next stop. <em>BUT</em> he is currently totally on the other side of town, probably 45-60 min away (it is rainy and nasty out there). I told him I will make it worth his while. How much should I tip him for 2 big duffels?</p>
<p>Well, I assume Jerome has come and gone and you figured out some sort of tip.</p>
<p>But jym – did you know that you can send your sons on their way with dirty laundry?! I’ve done it from time to time when time was short. It’s my dirty little secret. (Shhhhh!!)</p>
<p>Wow, your sons have bad luck skiing! Sorry to hear the latest saga. As you know, ours is a skiing family. My husband is skiing right now, in fact, as we live at in a ski resort community. He has never gotten injured. Both my kids started skiing at age one. Both were also ski racers. The younger one stopped ski racing in middle school as her arts took over. But the older one continued ski racing through senior year of college (this past year). When we attended her final ski race of her career last winter, I marveled to myself that she had never been injured, unlike many we know. Every time I would watch her race at high speeds, I would pray she did not crash and get hurt. My wishes always came true. The odd thing is that I am the one in the family who has gotten hurt skiing…blew out my knee in a crash. My husband is a risk taker and spends more time skiing in the woods out of bounds than on regular ski trails. He also has skied in places where on other occasions, others were killed by avalanche. Now, he says he is driving out west in a week to ski. Hopefully, our luck will keep up and yours will improve.</p>
<p>jym…</p>
<p>Happy New Year to you and your crew. When I first looked at your thread, I thought that perhaps they hopefully broke something in the house, Did not know that they were on the were continuing to break themselves. Maybe we should send a load of bubble wrap your way:)</p>
<p>Those guys in your house surely keep you on your toes. Glad to hear that everyone is on the mend and hopefully on their flights without incident (will wait for the updates later). At the rate things are going it seems as if you are the only person in your house who still has all of their original parts intact ;)</p>
<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>