Day 1 - expecting snow

The weather forecast. Skiers minds respond to it with hope or despair. It is so hard to maintain an objective sensibility when the forecast is a projection of ski conditions. So when I read it would snow 4 - 7" during the day today, but encountered sunlit slopes on the drive up to the mountain, I wondered, when would it arrive? All day, i wondered that, as the snow did not arrive, and still it did not arrive. After we stopped skiing just after 3:30, the flakes began to fall. And the falling accelerated, but then let up, but then accelerated to a deluge, then stopped. Nature was teasing us. So we went home, fixed a spaghetti dinner and waited for the weather to give further indications of its intentions. Three times I have checked the weather forecast. Still predicting snow tonight, and more tomorrow. But the radar picture looks dubious. In the end, we'll just have to wait. Summon patience. Try to re-train our brains to mountain time, staying up to normal bedtimes despite fatigue. Write entries to the Winter Blog, trying to stay awake. Yawn.....