Wild Wild West

Last week, I took an advencation to the wild wild west, specifically Jackson Hole, Wyoming(FYI adventure + vacation = advencation). Background: the boyfriend left me in December to live a dream life with hi other lover out west (skiing, obviously). Since I am so accommodating, I decided that I would take a trip and see if we could make this love triangle work. More background: I hate the cold, and the only skiing I had ever done was in icy Wintergreen last winter. Needless to say, I was a little scared and pessimistic about this whole thing. But, since I am such a loving and accommodating person, I decided to give it a go.

Anyways, the trip was amazing and relaxing and wonderful. Wyoming (and the west in general I think) is such a different place from Washington, DC. After working super long hours the last few weeks, it was so nice to do nothing besides ski, eat good food, drink good beer (PBR, clearly) and be surrounded by people who were doing the exact same and completely okay with it. Everyone I met (in the hot tub, on the ski lift, at the bars) was so chill - loving life and enjoying every minute of it - a very different attitude from here in the nation's capital. Don't get me wrong, I love the rat race of DC, but it was great to get away for a week and live a "simple" life. I guess that is the beauty of taking vacation - once you are working hard in the real world, you can really appreciate the time off.

Although there were a few (okay, maybe more than a few) curse words and one or two epic falls, I graduated from green to blue slopes and had fun while doing it! While I am no expert, I think I may be able to work with this ski relationship after all.