Mount Washington, I love you

Although some people that went on the trip would doubtlessly convinced that it does not love them! Well, the ski trip was fantastic. I got two great days of skiing in, definitely enjoying the sunny parts of the second day, as when the clouds cleared we were provided a beautiful view of the surrounding hills and even over to the ocean if you were far enough up the mountain, which often we were. There were a few close calls of people falling off cliffs and sliding past their escaped ski in the out of bounds area and having to climb back up a hill, but all in all we enjoyed ourselves immensely and any wounds should heal in not too long a time. I have only once ever laughed as hard skiing as I did on this trip ... long story, and probably a "guess you had to be there" sort of funny, so I won't bother telling it.
Aside from the skiing, there was much to be enjoyed, such as sledding, eating, languishing in the hot tub, playing cards, and watching the Canucks game. The fellowship was a real blessing to me, as I tend to end up spending a lot of time alone when classes are on; it was almost like spending a few days with a really big family (there were 29 of us) ... :)
So yeah, I'm spending this evening just reflecting on that wonderful time, and preparing to move ahead to the rest of the week and weekend, when I have a hockey tournament (I'm playing goal), and also actually need to get some school work done! Hooray for that.
Hopefully I get some pictures from the ski trip up soon. I know there were some great ones taken.
As far as the Leafs game goes, well, I didn't get to see it, but I did watch highlights, and it must be said that Gill was not responsible for any of those goals. Didn't really look like Raycroft could do much about it either, at least not on 2 of them. I think they really need a solid effort tomorrow against the Isles, to get them back on track. Tucker coming back in a week or two should also be a boost. Why is it that Thomas almost always seems to play really well against the Leafs? The Canucks game (that I watched in lieu of the Leafs game) was really good, and it was nice for them to play well in front of Sabourin, and for him to get a win (it had been quite a drought).

A little more on hockey

Just thought I would say that I have yet to see a Leafs game this season where Gill has not been at least mostly responsible for a goal.
I'm sure I've mentioned this before ... unfortunately, it still holds true. To be fair, I haven't been able to watch all of their games, but still ...
Other than that, from what I've seen lately, I've enjoyed watching them play and haven't been too frustrated. There's been a lot of talk about needing to change the icing rule to no-touch. I think this would have its good side and bad side. Good side would obviously be avoiding the injuries that occur. Bad side would be if guys were skating slowing back pretending they couldn't get to it before it crossed the line, or not really trying to stop it from heading down the ice when they know it's going to be icing against the other team. And I think having the race for the puck can be great, especially when the team that iced it gets there first. It can make for some interesting changes in momentum if you win the race and end up keeping it down in their zone for a while. I guess really I'm saying it would depend on how it's called.
Anyway, the Canucks won tonight, and the Spitfires won 5-3 tonight (I scored 2 goals, Julie got a hat trick, and Jen was great in net!), so all in all a good Sunday. :)
Yay for getting up at 5:30am tomorrow to leave for the ski trip. I guess I should be getting to sleep soon ...

Reading weeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!!!!!

I'm not that excited about it ... really! ;)

Anyway, yes, the coming week is reading week for many a university student, and as the last couple of weeks have been pretty busy and oft time tiring for myself, I am happy to be getting a break. Friday really felt like the starting of the break, or maybe even Thursday night, as I have no classes Friday (although I did work that day, as usual). Soccer Thursday was lacking in people (because so many people had midterms Friday), so, being short of players, we had to forfeit ... Therefore, we took a player from their team and played anyway. It was a good game, and we ended up tying 6-6!

Friday night, after IVCF, we had a games night at the gym, which was entailed of some volleyball, and then ... soccer! Yay!! That was tons of fun, despite the fact that I got nailed in the face with the ball (thankfully it did not involve a nosebleed, which was surprising).
Yesterday was another good day, although Alison left for home for the week. Other than that it was great, as I watched an awesome Leafs/Oilers game, and a couple of movies (which were good, but not as good as the game) :)

Aside from sitting in front of the television yesterday, I spent a bit of time cleaning, and a fair portion of time reading. I bought Inkspell Saturday last (hurrah for gift certificates), and am very much enjoying it! I'm glad it's a thick book, but somehow I still don't think it'll last me until Inkdawn comes out! Ah well, patience is a virtue. The Inkheart movie's supposed to come out this year. I hope it isn't massacred, the way Eragon was. It's New Line Cinema doing Inkheart, though, and as they also did the LOTR movies, there is hope.

I just liked this picture, and as I don't have any new ones of me, I thought I'd throw this one in! :)

under winterland

4 snow days in a row?!? And likely more? It's a good thing Mom and Dad got back from Mexico (getting well needed rest) before all the snow hit, or they may have been trapped in Toronto. I guess it's not as bad there as it is up in Bruce and Grey County, though. Craaaaazy snowy weather back home, there is … I wish I were there. Ah well, I guess I’ll just continue to put up with the drizzly greyness and the fog. Being able to stay active despite any type of weather is beneficial, so I’m managing to stave off depression. :D Speaking of which, hockey lately has been going well, I’ve been getting called to play out for the Spitfires, and goal at noon-hour shinny on Tuesday was awesome! We’ve been getting 2 goalies out so it’s lots of fun, and I managed to finally put out a decent performance this week. Nothing compared to Raycroft, though! Wow, it’s amazing what a turnaround he’s had, and it’s boding very well for the Leafs. I guess the Preds will be a test, but they often seem to play much better against good teams than against the bottom-feeders, so I’m thinking … 4-2 win for the Leafs. Nice to see Ponikarovsky, and even Antropov (to some extent, although he’s still too slow) continue building on their great return (I have mentioned this before, right?). I think Ponikarovsky would look great with Wellwood and Stajan, whenever Welly gets back.

The Barenaked Ladies concert last week was a lot of fun, especially since I wore my Leafs jersey. A lot of people from the Spits were at one of the shows (they played two Victoria shows), and everyone had a really good time. I would’ve replaced a few of the songs with others, but finally hearing When I Fall live more than made up for any of the ones I don’t care that much for.

P.S. I wrote this yesterday, and just didn't post it until today ...