KEIRA-ANNE AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY
This is my knee at 7:13 p.m. This is only the tip of the iceberg that I crashed into all week.
I’ve had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week which ended with today - a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Let me preface this by saying that I know full well that there are more people than I could count whose day-to-day circumstances are far worse than my own, but we all have days and weeks that go down in the Shithole Hall of Fame, and this was one of them for me.
Work was hard this week - very hard. I won’t get into the nitty gritty of it because, professionally speaking, I don’t think that it’s appropriate to do so. Aside from red wine, hot baths and hours of South Park, one of the only things that got me through the week was knowing that I’d be riding at my favourite mountain all weekend, in particular for the Ski For MS fundraiser on Sunday.
Today was my first day riding on my new set-up. My friend Jared tied my boots - tight! For whatever reason, carving was a near-impossibility. I tried chalking it up to the icy snow and new board, but I was simply getting frustrated. It was raining f-words.
You skiers are damn bullies. Between the middle-aged woman who was constantly scraping over my board in the lift line to the snow sprays behind two planks and a final cumulation of some woman actually “stabbing” the deck of my board with her pole, I’d had enough. I finally called a name to her face; she kept skiing past.
My lunch was cold, I thrashed my knee so badly that I can hardly walk on it (and am thus completely disappointed that I can’t participate tomorrow and I feel like I’ve let people down), my second $20 ski lock in two days got cut and stolen but for some reason my board wasn’t snagged and on and on and on.
I continuously got frustrated as the day continued, and I feel entirely discouraged. Part of me says “Why do I have to be good at snowboarding? Why don’t I just stick to things I know and am good at, such as dinner parties, baking cookies and…eating hot dogs?”
Although, blinking through tears as I drove down the mountain parkway, I realized that I’m not quite as cynical as I’d like to believe. Perhaps today was so horrible to divert me from riding tomorrow. Maybe it was divine intervention. Maybe if I had gone up, I would’ve snapped my leg and given myself a wicked bad concussion.
I’m signing off for now…time to ice the knee.
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Wow your knee looks bad but you’ll get better soon trust me i know about those things; ice is a good idea but try to also use some sports /antiinflamatory-cream after the ice, and if it really hurts you’d better use some protection at least for 2 weeks; its also a good idea to rest for whats left of the weekend. Last part of my comment “good things in life take big effort” so keep on it !!!
Ow!
You should be proud of all the donations you generated for the MS Society. You can go for it again next year.
Would you feel better if I went up a mountain tomorrow and made a complete ass of myself?
hugz
It could have been worse and you could have hit a tree. So, I’d call it a good day.
*hugs* I tried snowboarding a couple of times and sucked so bad I decided I’d just keep skiing. On behalf of skiers everywhere, I apologize for us being jackasses some times. Oh, and being thoroughly bitter and jaded takes practise — a lot. I’ve been working at it for nigh-on eight years now, and I’m still getting the hang of it. Inverting the colour scheme of your blog is a good first step, though. :^)
I’m sorry you had such a bad day and week sweetie much love to you! my friend Rachel is going to Van the weekend of umm the 29th and would like to come with, perhaps hit up Celeberties… are you in town?
I’m sitting here icing my knee too. Just had surgery to repair a torn ACL ligament. No fun! May I suggest Ben Stiller in the Heartbreak Kid for a little humour to cheer you.
I haven’t bathed in 3 days and my hair feels just gross. I’m cranky and want my girlfriends to come over and cheer me up.
That sucks….but look at the bright side, the worst is over and you’ve got Charlie to help you forget the past week.
aww… hugs! and don’t you worry about letting anybody down cause you can’t ride today…the money is all still going to a good cause and everybody knows that you had the best intentions. hope your knee is better soon…take care!
wow skiers are fucking assholes!
Awww. Your knee looks like it REALLY hurts…. Hope you feel better soon!!!
Feel better, friend!
You poor thing!
hope you get better soon!
(Here via tony, btw.)
Sorry about the knee! Is that an impact injury or ligament tear? Impact will heal much more quickly of course. As a 50+ day a year rider, I still wear little low profile plastic knee pads under my pants, like tele skiers wear. It may not be cool, but it keeps my knees pink and safe from icy hardness, trees, rocks, rails, and such.
I know about the ski poles, too. Last season a brand new deck got a foot long gouge in it because a skier decided to push off on my topsheet. I wasn’t pleased with him, or his pole.
Heal up and get back on the mountain! Ice, compression, elevation, rest, and healthy doses of ibuprofen.
you post our “rant” video yet? now would be as good a time as any. hope you still managed to get in some quality island time today regardless.
ps - let’s shop tomorrow after work for nice boobie things.
Aw Keira
I am SO sorry. Hope you heal soon!
XOXO
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