Week Eighteen.

My working week starts on a Wednesday so the first 4 days of this week were pretty full on. Work has been nice and busy which is awesome. The time flies by so so quickly, especially at the weekend when I'm run off my feet for twelve hours - plus the money is awesome so I cannot complain. But it's fair to say I was very happy when Sunday rolled around. As you will have seen in the last post we had a lovely day, wandering around town and treating ourselves to a delicious lunch at the Fairmont.

Monday was our full day/night off so we had a lot of bits and bobs planned. We started our day by going snowboarding of course. Now I've got my own boots there is no excuses to not get practising so I reluctantly pulled myself out of bed in the early hours and headed up to Sunshine. We had a nice big dumping of snow over the weekend so the conditions were nice and soft which is great for learning. I had a nice soft landing every time I ended up on my butt - which was a lot. I definitely feel like I'm improving every time I head out, but I just need to push through my fears and everything will be so much easier. I'm determined to give it my best shot, I've only got 2 months left of the season so every day counts!

After coming home and freshening up we went and picked Halie up and headed to Vermillion Lakes to watch the sunset. It is just so beautiful everywhere at the moment now it's clear and sunny but with snow on the ground - you can't even begin to imagine. I'm actually taking scenery pictures rather than just selfies, my Pop will be so so proud. Unfortunately the sun set in a direction that was pretty much impossible to catch on camera but I still got some beautiful snaps regardless. I fully intend to hike up Tunnel Mountain and sit there with a flask of tea watching the sunset, just waiting on that crystal clear sky and not too freezing temperatures. I have my list of requirements.

So after that fail, the three of us popped up to the Hot Springs for way over the recommended 10 minute time allotment. We sat there chatting and relaxing for way over an hour until we almost resembled shrivelled up dates, but it was so lovely. It's so refreshing to escape the town even just for that one hour and relax and spend time with good people. I don't really know what's going on with me at the moment but I am just craving some time at home with my family. For people who do seasons all the time I'm sure that this seems strange that I've been away for only five months and I'm starting to get homesick but I just am. I'd do anything even just for a couple of days back home, I'll have to see what time off I can haggle with at work...

On a more exciting note though we have FINALLY booked dog sledding for Sunday which I am ridiculously excited about. I've been talking about doing it ever since I got here, and now it's been snowing I just had to book it. We've gone with the one in Lake Louise which is the only dog sledding tour that runs through the National Park, it's going to be the perfect way to start our long late weekend. We also booked up all our lift tickets and hotels for Fabian's birthday trip to Fernie and Panorama, and then ski mobiling in Panorama. It's been an expensive couple of days but there are just so many things we want to do and so many places we want to visit that with the realisation that we might not get our second year visa we are trying to fit as much in as possible this time around.

It's about time for me to head off to work so I better wrap this up nice and quickly. If my family are reading this, which I'm 100% sure they are - I miss you guys so so much, and Nan, I promise I will take you out for lunch as soon as I'm home. All my love, Lou.