12.21.2006

beaver town, usa
Originally uploaded by wneloyd.

so, my last few days have been a bit interesting. on tuesday, after robyn's final at csun, we drove up to ventura for a pre-colorado christmas dinner with aunt, uncle, poppo, anne, trevor, and parents. it was quite nice- the highlight being the homemade tamales which were quite delectable.

after the dinner, we went back to my parent's house to pack. seeing as we were leaving at about 3:00 am, i decided to stay up all night long (use frat boy voice in your head and read that last part again). my good bro, mike askay, driving one of the cars to the airport, came with his fiancé and a deer head. i immediately began running around the house scaring sadie. i gave the head the voice of a dead civil war girl ghost. i also used it in gross ways that made robyn scowl.

fast forward to the airport. i slept in the terminal and on the plane, which was my plan. about two hours into our flight, and about five minutes after the pilot told us we were twenty minutes away from denver, he alerted us that we would be turning the plane around. robyn woke me up; i thought she was fibbing. she was not. i went back to sleep. mike's fiancé, danielle, had landed in denver on a separate flight and ended up stranded. she nearly died in the terminal and had to eat her arm to survive.

when we got back to los angeles, after much discussion, we decided to rent a van and drive. we were told we couldn't make it to vegas, but we did. we were told we would die in mesquite… but we didn't (though anne lost an eyeball). we were then told we couldn't make it to the rockies, which we did.

now we're staying in beaver creek. the roads are still closed some heading into denver, but we were able to stay at this piece of crap resort. we're hunkered down in this junkhole of a place with cheeses, petron, and luncheon meats galore. some guy my dad knows is letting us stay until the storm blows over. i'm praying it doesn't blow over until sometime in march- though we should be pulling out saturday morning.

i will ski tomorrow. i can walk to the lift from the condo.