Skied Out

Okay so I went skiing yesterday. I didn't have a student in the morning because they had more instructors than students so I ended up getting to free ski with some friends. Said friends are much better skiers than I am and I had to really push myself to keep up with them. We skied pretty much all black runs and I got tired.

In the afternoon I had a 19 yo girl with Downs Syndrome. She was such a good natured, happy person. But although she says she's been skiing for seven years, she's still pretty much a beginner. I think it's because she doesn't get to ski that often. She was here just for the weekend, as opposed to most of the students who are part of a six week program. So I suspect she only gets a few days of skiing a year. Anyway, she really needed help with speed control, which means tethers. And since we were short on people in the afternoon, I ended up getting paired with another first year volunteer (usually they pair first years with someone more senior). Because of that, I ended up having to set up the tethers and got to spend time teathering, which would probably normally be the job of the senior instructor. It was a little intimidating but I think I did fine. Teathering is exhausting, though. You have to break for both yourself and another person.

Next week I get a break because of president's day. I'm actually looking forward to it.