All of this snow reminds me of all of the crazy/unsafe things we used to do as children in the snow. Like sledding. Always an unsafe choice. Someone was always getting hurt or stuck in a snow bank. Or if you were me you'd get to the bottom of the hill and have trouble getting back up to the top. Being "handicapable" is not always so advantageous. But I digress.
Because I went to a tiny perocial elementary school out in "the sticks", we did things like take a half day off of school to go on a school-wide sledding outing. We also did things like take entire days off to go rollerskating or hold our annual "LLS Olympics." I clearly learned a lot during elementary school. It's a wonder I can tie my own shoes.
But anyway, the annual sledding trip always seemed to end in tragedy. As if Adam running full-speed into an electric box wasn't enough to put the kibosh on this annual Lebanon tradition, I finally solidified the beginning of the end when I sledded off of a man-made “sledding jump” which knocked the wind out of me and gave the teachers a good concussion scare. It was pretty awesome.
Side note: One winter I decided making a snowman was too normal for me so I made a snowduck, complete with ducklings trailing behind. Best snow animal ever.
Speaking of sledding, the other day I saw facebook pictures of people sledding on recycling bins, lunch trays, and other assorted plastic items. While these items by themselves make for an amazing sledding adventure, the amazingness was only heightened by the fact that all of these itemse were clearly stolen. Jenny, Johnny, I feel like this could possibly be the winter version of urban kite flying. Maybe we could call it pilfered sledding or something. Who knows. We will work on the name at a later date.
Enjoy the snow everyone!!
