Coem to me lovely DH...come to me!! :)

23rd July
JJ
Just thought I would start with a smile. Things aren’t going too bad here in lovely Ohakune. The weather hasn’t been the worst, the sky and stars are still amazing, each day I find myself breaking away from the mental mould I was in in London and relaxing more and more, and just enjoying this incredible experience. I read back on previous blogs to how petty I was being with some of the things, and how angry I got just over the way things are and it annoys me. I am in a beautiful place, with good people and doing the things I love doing, yet I still find a way to ruin my mood and complain. Early on was understandable because I had a lot of things go wrong, but the rest of the stuff like work, snow school etc... all needed time!
Just realised I wrote a blog not too long ago and not a lot has happened really. We had a day where the mountain was pretty crappy in terms of weather, so I got up at a relaxing late hour, sorted a few things out and then went to Wanganui with Jack and Adam my housemates. Adam drove, the sole reason we went was so Adam could get his nose pierced.
The drive up was incredible, this country is sooo crazy and hilly, the landscape is soo incredible! The drive yesterday made me realise how lucky I am to be here. The more I see the more I want to see. I am soooo keen for travelling around for a month after the winter taking photos and seeing more and more of this incredible place.
There wasn’t much to Wanganui itself, just another little town. Its reknown for its gangs fights, its a place Ive been told not to go to all the time. It was nice to get out of Ohakune and see another place though for sure.
We did a little shopping and then headed home. It was the RAL (Ruapehu Alpine Lifts) staff night, so we went for a couple of free beers and the night was heaving with staff. It was fun for sure I got too see and catch up with loads of friends and had a throw down!
I got up this morning regretting I went to bed sooo bloody late, I had my 3rd day of training and I just wasn’t sharp. We ran through some fundamentals of stance and balance focusing on keep balanced on our board whilst moving along the board (for and aft). Then moved onto Pivoting and Steering our board. It was a sweet day on the mountain and I feel I am progressing, not as quickly as I would like but I am progressing so its all good!! At lunch we discussed CVs and cover letters, I sent mine to Rob and it needs a bit of rework. I need to focus more on why I want to work for a particular hill and also why I would be a good instructor for a mountain.
Thats about all for now! Some good news on the DH it should be here Tuesday so Ill have a fun camber board to play with.
Thats all for now my people, peace and love!