One of the many things I love about skiing is its ability to diminish all of the not so great things in life. Apparently my girl has denied dating me to my friends, my cat ran away and probably got eaten by a fox or coyote, It looks like I will be sitting on my couch for new years, but I got to make a few really incredible runs this morning on the backside of Aspen and now I think I can tolerate work today.