If it's Snowing, I'm boarding

It's the last week of the school year at Tokamachi this week. The closing ceremony is on Friday and I have eight classes to do between today and Thursday. The four I had today were pretty much back to back, from 3rd period to 6th period. I had lunch in the middle, but that was spent preparing for the afternoon. Periods 1 and 2 were spent preparing for the four lessons, and after all that I had English Club. So pretty much 8.30 to 6pm straight, stopping only for three coffees and half a tuna bagel for lunch. So pretty much the the toughest day I've had for a while.

Any normal Monday, and I'd be off home resting for teh evening before my Tuesday at Tsunan. But not today's Monday. Today's Monday has seen snow falling since I woke this morning. I had to clear six inches off my car when I left school, which meant only one thing: I had to go snowboarding!

I picked up Keiko, stopped at mine for a lightening quick change and to pick up my gear, and we were on the slopes by 7.10pm. And it was fantastic!

The snow condition was great, it wasn't too crowded and all my favourite bits were available; the Big Powder Drop at the top, the high-speed run to Chou-Exit and my new favourite, the snowboard cross course. We eventually bumped into Erik, Debs, Katsu and Lopaka at the end of the night and joined them in the final run home to the car park.

I did feel like going home and sleeping when I left work, but I was so glad I thought better of it and went snowboarding. With the amount of snow that fell today, it would have been rude not to. I'm hoping I can sleep enough tonight so I feel good enough to board tomorrow. This could be the last decent fall of the winter so I want to take advantage of it was much as I can!