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Show Wasatch Canyon Reporter THE COUNTDOWN TO SKI SEASON: _ AN ACCOUNT OF LIFE WITH A FANATIC SKIER By Alicia A. Economos It’s | September, October, it’s can (and have) corn back with a cart full of food, go it’s November. There is no snow, yet all I hear around me is talk of the pay for all the groceries, bag all the groceries, take them approaching outside and unload them in to winter season. season— The r mean the the ski season, really and truly the only season that’s worthy of being talked about andfantasized the whole year. But I think it is the days, weeks, even the yl SYNGE Ee Ie A IE ON ET BO ope AIT ed PRET is still oblivious to around him or what already has. It takes a tug to get him to step away, for he hears no one, senses no one’s presence month beside season that make it hard to top of him. For he is learning and reading about the best not only an avid actually makes a (worthy and decent) living skiing. Living with such a person is a challenge— it mans when the first issues of all the best... destinations — knows those best town that’s And that mans we spend the whole night at the store, and $20 poorer after on &6 time. (he I : where are), the resort to party am in awe at a th C 2TOocer y knows Aspen based Store. But, we Li PF LV Oe OPAPP PEEP BRB PPD DPD OB OPAPP But, what I be physically exhausted from having a ripping day, instead of from standing in the magazine aisle at the grocery — store, or from sitting on the | couch crossing our fingers, watching weather reports. The love of a sport for see one person pairs is become a weather junkie. We sit and watch TV, with our of them to look at occasionally, touch, and make sure they haven’t moved or acquired any new scratches of which he was unaware. | I now pray for it to snow, probably as much as he more ourselves. And so that we can . skis, but he takes out all 10 _—_ several, can easily be turned into something that becomes fanatical, but it also keeps us going and gives us something to look forward to. Having a passion or stimulates benefits us, and US, keeps us smiling. Living with an avid and fanatic skier isn’t as bad as I make it out to be— it is actually fun, entertaining, and the passion is quickly rubbing off. Bring on the snow and to everyone, cheers does.(I want it to snow soI to another season, especially can ski too, he’s not the only __ to the one who missed it last one.) I pray for it to snow, so when we go to skin up Alla, __year. 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