Okay, as promised, I have photos of the much planned and much anticipated ski trip!! Of course, I totally didn’t have batteries in my camera, so didn’t take a single freaking picture, but thanks to the magic of facebook, all is not lost! (Which is to say, I just stole a bunch of pictures from my friends.) It was a full weekend, and I think people had a really good time. I myself had a pretty great time, but it was definitely somewhat stressful to be the sort of director of the weekend. Next time I go skiing, it’ll be in a MUCH smaller group, and I’m putting someone else in charge. Still, all told, there was only one injury (poor Oscar fractured his wrist at the end of the first day–you’ll see him in the pictures), and the party on Saturday night was pretty freaking fun. I definitely spent a lot of time making new friends (a definite bonus of being the planner meant I got to meet a lot of MBAs from different classes/sections) and there’s one in particular who’s a total freaking keeper. (Don’t get any ideas. I haven’t decided if it’s a crush yet, but am SUPER excited about my new friend nonetheless.) Of course, it wouldn’t be a Crystal-esque weekend without a little bit of scandal, but unfortunately, I can’t post it here (and no, it’s not related to my new friend). Sorry to tease, but, yeah, it just ain’t appropriate here. (Patrick, this is where that password would be useful! We’ll talk soon…) Unfortunately, I didn’t ski nearly as much as I would have liked, but honestly, I was just too damn exhausted, and, quite frankly, enjoying the company of some of my favorite guys’ most excellent wives. (“Hmmmm, should we go and ski some more, or just hang out and watch other people ski?” “…Welllll, what do you think? I could go either way…” “Me too… Hm, let’s just watch for a while, and see how we feel in a few minutes…” “We’re a bad influence on each other.” “Agreed.” “Hot chocolate/beer?” “You read my mind.” And so on.) It was great bonding time, but, at the end, wasn’t that much of a ski weekend for me. Ah, well, it was pretty excellent just to be in the beautiful mountains in the snow with a whole bunch of my friends, and NOT think about school, or what I want to do with the rest of my life, for a few minutes.
So how ’bout I show y’all some o’ those pirated pictures (of some drunk, drunk MBAs)?
First, there was the bus ride up…
And then there was the, erm, pee break…
And then there was the first night of partying, which was pretty mellow…
And then there was the most beautiful ski day, and the snow was SO much better than I expected!
Aren’t Christian and Adriana cute?
Adriana was a terrific ski buddy, and we did actually ski quite a bit… in the early afternoon… on the first day… (This would be one of the aforementioned awesome wives.)
Snow angels, hurray!!
Awww, Dan and Benji!!
And then there was the party on Saturday night. It was much less mellow… (And sorry dudes, I’m not gonna label all of these photos, but you get the idea, right??)
On Sunday, we were tired…
That would be me and Mafer (another very excellent wife, who I adore even more for having spent the day with her on Sunday). The sun never came out on Sunday, so we just couldn’t convince ourselves to go out and actually ski…
And then, after a couple of terrific days, lots of bonding (read: drinking and crashing into each other on the slopes, though not necessarily in that order), and a big finish of several hours of spacing out in the lodge, we all had to pile on the bus and go home… Siiiigh, back to reality… (It’s been a great week for internship leads, though–more on that later!)
Awww, ski weekend. I’ve never done such a thing in my life, but it sounds fun.