Sunday, 20 January 2013

Worst day skiing??

It's totally been a long, long time.....sorry Oma and Opa!! hehe <3

So today I have the worst day in my ski instructing career. Today, a whole ton of ski instructors called in sick so we were pretty short on staff...so we had to combine classes which gave us huge classes and the parents got really super grumpy because they were unhappy with the class sizes, which could be understandable, and then the kids got cold so we had to go in and warm up which got the parents upset even more because they weren't skiing...and I mean, if I was a parent, I'd be upset too because it is a lot of money, but it is not my fault that the parents didn't dress their kids warm enough for the weather....so GOD!!! So that was the first time ever I had to deal with an angry/upset parent without my team lead/supervisor there, because they were instructing because we were short on staff. So today was a complete gong show. I honestly, don't remember what happened over the past few days.....but I'll try to give you the highlights...
The women's group I had today was much better than last week because they seemed a lot more confident which was very good, we got up on the chair! Wahoo! and then, I went on preschool, only 2 kids showed up out of 5, and one had a super grumpy stupid parent who didn't know that his kids last name was put under his mothers last name so he had difficulty finding the instructor because no one Bob D, but he was registered under Bob H or something (I just made that up on the spot...) so pathetic!!

Alright, so that was my frustrating day today! Yesterday, we had cross-over sesssions, which is pretty much where the ski instructors teach the snowboard instructors how to ski, and the snowboard instructors teach the ski instructors how to snowboard...so I learned/refreshed how to snowboard yesterday which was a blast!! I even got up on the chair!! and then only wiped out twice!! Lots of fun, they had offered it again today, but I was so exhausted and frustrated I knew that I'd end up hurting myself if I went, so I missed it...They'll offer it again, I'm sure before the end of the season, so no worries!

Um, yes, I have to work Monday and Tuesday as well, doing schools that come for a day, and then I have Wednesday off!! On which, I am hoping to clean my room (it's in need of a desperate clean!!) and just kind of relax and not do anything!! Maybe go look at nice double lined gloves so I don't have to borrow my mum's huge ones! But I mean, it all works fine, so I'm not too worried about not finding gloves. But I am super tired, so I think this is a pretty good update compared to what I've done!

Oh yeah, and I am very thankful for my mum and dad who put up with my venting every day when I come home from work and debrief everything that happened, and I vent my anger about the frustrating kids and parents I deal with, so thanks! <3 hehe wuv you!

And I just wanted to say last week when it was warm, my skis were so sticky I could walk up and down the hill flat footed and not slide...it was kind of sad...!

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