On Winter Fun

The trip up to Boyne was relaxing, beautiful, peaceful, splendid, freezing, fun... with the exception of all the damn children running around the place! I'm sorry, when did this wonderful ski resort become fucking Disneyworld? I mean, we went in the middle of the week, I suppose these kids could have been on "winter break" from school, or they could have been "local" but for cryin' out loud, they were everywhere.

The only place I was safe was in the spa. No one under the age of 16 is allowed in there, it was heaven. Soaking in the hot tub, sweating it out in the eucalyptus room, swimming in the indoor/outdoor pool when it was 4 degrees outside, marvelous. Of course, the pool was subject to children. I was baffled to see 3 young boys walk in, the oldest was maybe six, no parents with them! In tow is a toddler, maybe three. I hear the oldest one say "let's go hot tubbing!" I'm sorry but I thought children weren't supposed to go in hot tubs, don't they boil or something?

On another evening, the husband and I were sitting in the lodge, quietly in the back watching a movie on his laptop with headphones, you know, being considerate of other people sitting in there, maybe wanting to relax and take in the view. Suddenly, a dad walks in with his fricking crying kid trying to "soothe" it. Well, his soothing apparently had no affect on this child because he would not shut the hell up. They leave after about ten minutes or so and I think super, peace, quiet, hooray! No, no, no. A short while later, grandpa comes in with the same kid crying his eyes out. Jesus fuck! What does this kid have to be so upset about?

Not to mention, it seemed like everyone that night thought the lodge was their own personal phone booth. I'm not talking about people quietly talking on their phones, I'm talking about people practically hollering on their phones. For what purpose I don't know.

We took a side trip to Petoskey one day. It was frigid! Everyone was frozen and barren, but it was beautiful nonetheless. We got out to take some photos, but the wind was whipping and basically unbearable to stay out in for too long. But it got us away from the resort for a little while.

Regardless, I did plenty of swimming, soaking, picture taking, and enjoying the relative quiet except for the screaming kids, and the teenagers partying their asses off all night and early in the morning. Mind you, I didn't do any actual snowboarding which was what was intended, but the husband did get out there and tear it up.

On Aftermath

As expected, the "snow storm" wasn't nearly as bad as rumor made it up to be. Yes we probably got around 8 or 9 inches, but nonetheless, it wasn't anything to write home about. I'm thrilled to mention however that I did end up getting a snow day from work. Everyone panicked as anticipated and decided to close the office the night before. I did spend the majority of my snow day outside shoveling out the driveway and sidewalks. We got some freezing rain along with the snow which added to the weight of the snow, it sucked.

Today is my last day in the beige prison for a week however. I'll be going up north next week to do some snowboarding, relax in front of a huge fireplace in a lodge with floor to ceiling windows, sit in an outdoor hot tub, and just chill out. On the one hand I'm looking forward to it because I haven't been there in a few years, but on the other hand, there's nothing like the comfort of home and hanging out with my "fur babies."

Of course, I am still suffering from a persistent sinus infection, going into my second week. I went to the doctor last week to get some meds and they did nothing for me! So I called this morning the see about a new round. I just don't want to feel shady for my upcoming trip. It's just typical that I'd have to get sick now.