Monday, December 31, 2007

Fall Down Hill… and Repeat… and Repeat

while people gathered at my house to go sledding, a bunch of us had a prolonged snowball fight in our front yard.  before the fight, light reflected serenely off the manicured snow-covered lawn.  now it’s a mess.  we used our saucer sleds as shields, and occasionally used them to shovel snow at each other in melee combat.  eventually, everyone arrived and we packed into a truck with our sleds in the back and headed to the sledding hill!

apparently there’s a ginormous sledding hill around a 5-10 minute drive from calvin.  we went there one night after there was some fresh snowfall, armed with sleds, saucers, and even one of those sweet sleds that have a steering wheel and brakes.  i have no idea what they’re called, i just remember always wanting one when i was younger.  the last time i went sledding was probably in medicine hat, alberta, where i lived 11 years ago.  i was really cautious my first time down the hill, as i realized that i no longer recover from bumps and bruises like i did when i was 9.  but after a few gos, i was feeling pretty confident.

my friend eric (RA on 3rd beets), eric (inhabitant of 3rd beets), and i even tried sled-boarding down a smaller section of the hill.  it’s pretty straightforward: you stand on your sled and try to go down the hill without falling over.  none of us really succeeded, although eric the inhabitant had a pretty good one.  he stayed up for a good 7-10 seconds before falling over.  i tried it a few times, but gave up after falling over backwards on my heads.  thankfully, i was fine because my dreads act as a pillow under my hoodie.  i think i wore 5 layers, so i was well-cushioned for any kind of fall.

after our sledding adventure, we returned to my house for hot chocolate and snacks.  we ended up chatting about some of the most awkward things to do on a date.  of course, i was taking copious notes at this point.  i thought i’d share some of them (in no particular order) from a guy’s perspective:
1.  pick up any phone call from another girl, and tell the caller that you’d love to hang out with them after the date.
2.  you look like you’re about to wrap your arm around the girl, but you reveal at the last second that you’re really just stifling a yawn.
3.  every door you walk up to, just stand there without any effort to open the door for your date.  when the date opens the door, step in before she does.

as usual, the evening came to a close around midnight because people needed to wake up early the next morning for church.  until next time!

Posted by Nehe555 on 12/31 at 03:44 PM
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