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There is that old ‘getting to know you’ question that usually comes right after “what’s your favourite colour?”, of if you would rather be too hot, or too cold?  I always said, I would rather be too hot.  I love hot weather, I grew up in a coastal town, where I would go for a swim in the ocean on my lunch break.  And now, I live in this:

It snowed here in Mammoth last night and dropped about 8 inches of fresh powder (which to you people who, like me, use the metric system is about 20cm).  To leave the house I have to put on a pair of tights underneath my jeans, a pair of socks over that and slide my feet into my snow boots.  I have to wear a thermal undershirt, hoodie and then my snow jacket over top.  The look is completed with a beanie and gloves (both of which are merino from New Zealand!).  I dodge the men that are employed by the Mammoth Employee Housing Department who are shovelling the snow from our apartment’s driveway (thank goodness I don’t have to do this as well, because it would never get done!).  Today, I am going to the post office to see if my brand new snowboard has arrived.  Because this town lives most of its year in increment weather conditions like today, no one has a mailbox at their house and gets everything sent to their PO boxes.  This means, when my shift at the hotel doesn’t start until 3pm, I make the trek about a mile down the road to the post office.  Really though, I’m pretty excited, because I could be doing the return journey with my new Tiki 151 board!

My next day off isn’t until Monday, and then I will be hoping to get up the mountain and test it out.  Fingers crossed for me FedEx has brought my early Christmas present, okay!?