Owen's Blog

Ahhhh, another sunday over. Possibly the worst day of the week due to the hecticness (is that a word) of transfer. Trying to make rooms for 100 people in 6hrs is fun. But did have a 12pm lie in today so mustn’t grummble.

My mum keeps nagging me to buy a helmet after my last got knicked but they don’t seem to be big on helmets here in la plagne. Especially very large ones to fit my bonse!!

more than half way through the season. my god the last 10 weeks of guests has flown by. Looking forward to a proper job after this, believe it or not. Need to earn credible money or the bank manager might start coming back to me.

Hope everyone is happy in what they are doing, Cos i am.

Don’t worry not gonna try and get all poetic this time, so you can all read on!

On my day off again and yet again there’s not much to do. Just droped some washing in to be done which looks like it’s gonna be the highlight of my day. That and maybe finding a helmet to buy so as to apease my incesantly worrying mother.

Apart from that i really need to do menial tasks, such as replenish my toiletaries (which are not cheap in the alps).

Really wish my laptop worked so i could do some job applications without spending rediculous amounts of money.

Apart from that my life is great.!

Wow, alot drunker and alot happier at the moment,
found myself in some very difficult positions over the past few days what with not being able to teach and such. Can’t say any more or i’ll get myself in trouble.

The sun shines,
the snow is good,
I wake up and i realise,
there’s nothing wrong,
with having worries,
and not knowing what’s going on.

Life moves on,
Life evolves,
People stay,
People go,
Theres nothing wrong,
With remembering
The way it was before.

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not quite as lyrical as before but more upbeat at least.!

There’s nothing but sadness,
I dredge and search,
But it all seems so far,
Like islands in the mist,
I remember how i used to feel,
But nothing’s ever close,
The memories soar away,
Floating on the breeze,

There’s no time to think,
No time to ponder,
The world keeps spinning,
Life goes on,
And the smile seems to fade.

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Laptop still not working, trying to get in contact with my insurance to sort it out. but not easy on a very low budget.

I have just had the worst day off ever. I have been in such a bad mood and i don’t know why, need to sort a few things out with my life.

Really need someone to visit who i know, not just the ghost friends you meet working a season.

Just keep telling yourself: you’r skiing for a living.

Sleep needs to happen soon i think. Not gonna feel any better without it,

I reach out to touch you,
But you pull away,
there’s nothing between us,
we are but ghosts,
living on nothing,
no talking no speaking,
everything drains,
time to end it, before i go insane.

Don’t think that’ll make any sense in the morning but hey it seems correct now.

Whooo, half day today, only have eight min’s left on internet so thought id waste it with another post (check out how many posts i’ve made recently)

Life is back on the up again, the weather is beautiful at the moment, so can’t grumble. Been out skiing with an unextensive group of 1 (not sure unextensive is a word but hey i’ll use it anyway).

Realised that life round here is tres easy (check out the slip in of french there!!!)
Just got to get my computer sorted n i’ll be tickedy boo.

Just have one more thing to say I’m a pro. Skiier!!!!!!!

OK so far i was wrong to dread this week so far it’s not been bad. Still need more sleep than i’m getting and my legs constantly seem to ache. My fat seems to be being squeezed up my leg and making them a wierd shape. (don’t know how good that is for me) On a more positive note, i feel more healthy than i have for a while.

Considering i live at 1970m above sea level i can run up stairs without getting too breathless. Andy or Pete I challenge you to a game of Squash when i get back, recon my stamina might be up!

In other news i have a tan!

Think i might have to start posting random facts about La Plagne (the resort i work at)

1. The snow cannons here can produce 650,000 cubic meters of artificial snow per season

But that’s enough from me for today.

I don’t know why i do it to my body. Every sunday I have to get up for 4:30, yet for the past 3 I have been so very drunk on saturday night that I have felt so very bad all the sunday afterwards, especially with a 6 hour round trip to the airport part of which negotiates 21 hairpin turns down (or up) the mountain! But alas I seem to be a sucker for punishment as yet again i have done it to myself. Here i am feeling decidedly tired and not a little unwell, with another hour yet to work!

Yay i love sundays. A certain U2 song seems to jump to mind (answers on a postcard please).

Maybe one day i’ll learn.

Coming up to the busiest week of the season (feb half term) and its getting very busy already (105 guests this week) this’ll make my job a lot less fun so i don’t expect to be in the best of moods for the next 3 weeks.! But I may be jumping to conclusions.

Anyway time to start drinking again. The circle of life and all that! Peace you hear!

PS.
Did you know there are arctic frogs that you can freeze solid, then thaw out and they come back to life. Also it’s possible to crigenically preserve a Rat! Amazing what i know.

Juat a quicky mainly for the perusal of Andy, just to explain that the reason i don’t (or haven’t been) updating my log is because the internet costs 3 euros per 15 min’s which on my hefty wage of £50 a week is extortion.

However will try to make more of an effort,

Just been watching a great bit of mogul competition. With some fab Jumps etc.

Thought for the day:
It’s easier to be lonely when there are lots of people about!

Jesus, nearly half way through the season, and i’m tired as hell. Really starting to have trouble picking myself up. I have few problems i know. I live in a ski resort. But the fact that i have no money, and my laptop not working (long story, involving work mates using it and dropping it) and three of my DVD’s missing despite two weeks of asking for them back are all starting to grate. Need some time off but all i get is a day a week.

To andrew I would like to appologise for forgetting your birthday. It won’t happen again.

Hope everyone in Britain is having a great time. Personnally I can’t wait till my family come out in March. Need some entertainment. Oh and someone to buy my beers.

Man I really need to snap out of this down mood i’m in. My god there’s snow outside (although its melting as it’s been so hot over the last few days)

Oh and plus there’s a mogul comp on tomorrow which should be good to watch.

Anyway i’ll sign off now before i bancrupt myself.

PS. No spell check here!