in Swedish, “när jag lärde mig åka skidor för första gången”
Our friend, Kim, recently moved from our “Lilla Ljusdal” to the neighboring town of Järvsö, just a 20-minute drive away. So four of us ladies from church, with Jaakko on the driver’s seat, trooped down to visit her.
After lunch, a tour of the house and a few games of bowling, boxing, tennis and baseball on Wii, she excitedly brought me outside to ski. I was the only one in the group to have never tried it. Luckily, there was a spare of size 40 ski shoes! I excitedly put them on and this is what happened next:
Kim, my “instructor” and I, just before the first slide
I was not dressed for the occasion at all. One must have those waterproof pants, for obvious reasons.
I thought I was a quick learner and got too confident, sliding “fast” down the driveway.
I was fearless!
Until…
Poink!
I couldn’t get up!
Ouch! Pride, indeed, cometh before the fall.
It was a hard fall, but I couldn’t help laughing anyway. I actually then became scared that I might eventually break my ankles. So I cried out, “Jag vill inte längre!” (I don’t want [to do it] anymore.)
But Kim prodded me on and asked me to follow her to a softer path with less slope.
Evidence of the fall: a sorry snowy butt
And I skied up and down and back again…
I was, of course, very awkward and careful of every step, er, slide.
Oh, but it felt so good to be out there, with the crisp cool air and the warm afternoon sun — I was playing again!
“Jaakko, I think it’s about time we get us some of ‘em skiis.”
Greetings from (warm) Asia!
Congratulations on the successful attempt at skiing. I remember how it felt like to fall down myself ;)
I can’t believe I missed this post… I haven’t been blog-surfing that much lately I guess.
First of all: Nice haircut! Vilken snygging! :-)
Congrats on your first ski! I couldn’t get up the first times either, heheh. But it gets more fun each year, even if I don’t know if I improve :-P You don’t look like you had so much trouble though, except for that first plonk!
The snow is so deep there in Ljusdal! Isn’t it cold, or do you have lots of undergear under those clothes? I usually have trouble looking fashionable in the winter. Haha!
Continue the adventurous spirit! :-D BTW, summer is near! (wishful thinking — you just blogged about skiing!)
You look great, Lara. You must living in a happy and peaceful mind all the time in order to get such a glow on your look. You remind me of Benjamin Button who ages in reversal!
haha, thanks bee. although i havent seen that film yet. i know the reviews are good but i suspect that it might be boring. what do u think?
nice to see your photos in canada, by the way. have u visited vancouver yet? you must go in the summer ok?
I haven’t watched Benjamin either. I might not like it bcos his acting is partly done by computer-aided expression attached to someone else bodies. I guess that’s the reason he didn’t win any awards.
Nope, I’ve not visited Vancouver. Will make it a plan later on, for sure.
a very nice try, Aw. :) Sadya!