And now for something completely different....

I got my first snowboarding lesson last night. Yes, that is correct: Jessie MacInnis has begun to learn how to snowboard. It was on a very slushy, not-very-steep hill in a backyard, with a very patient instructor, which was actually how I preferred to learn. I know you'll all want proof, so here are two clips Maggie took of the history-altering event. Apologies for the darkness: we set up the flood lamps for the bigger hill then decided to move to the better snow on the driveway and so lost most of the light. Just use your imagination. The first clip is me learning how to stop. I did that all night and didn't manage to grasp the concept. The second one is trying the "big" hill, which is a barely-controlled terror still, and my form isn't great. That got better however. At least that's what I was told. :-)

I'm happy to report that even after one solid crash I'm only the good kind of sore today!