The Season Begins!

Whistler, BC 2C Overcast
Today being laundry day gives me plenty of time to sit and write about the events of the past few days. Speaking of laundry day, I'm currently waiting on the results of whether I chose the right type of cycle to wash my whites in, time will tell!

Anyways, I arrived in Whistler on Monday and instantly unpacked, I will never underestimate the power of the act of putting your clothes in drawers as a way of making you feel comfortable. Also, finally got to see Jimmy again! We're in a group of apartment blocks specifically reserved for staff housing, conveniently called HOUSE. We've got a pretty nice little apartment with 2 bedrooms each with 2 bunks, a decent kitchen with a little toaster/oven that makes wicked nachos, and a lounge room which satisfies all lounging needs.

Tuesday was something of a paperwork day, wandering around trying to find everything I needed to get admin to start printing my staff pass. The village here really is massive, more of a mini city. To date I still haven't been able to successfully navigate it on my own, definitely need to grab a map today. Tuesday night, being the eve of one of the mountain's opening, there was a big party which they tell us is a tradition to do on the eve of the opening. That is to "Rock the mountain, and bring the snow", and their method for doing this is pretty great, that being handing around free beer and shots all night. Made for one crazy night, and definitely makes me start thinking about trying to get a DJ gig up here. At Merlin's Bar that night the DJ booth was in a gondola hanging from the ceiling, and big screens all around playing snowboard movies and such.

Basically today is a bit of housekeeping, doing the washing and vacuuming while the rest are at work earning a dollar. Looking forward to starting work next Tuesday, after chatting to Jimmy's manager on Tuesday night, she was talking up the huts higher up the mountain, which I believe I'm working at. Catching the gondola to work in the morning, and boarding home in the evening sounds amazing. And plus, going boarding means I finally get to strap onto my board. It's living next to Jimmy's board in the cupboard at the moment, one day, one day!

If you know of any snow-making dances then I'd love to hear it. Up around the top of the mountain is apparently excellent snow but it would still be awesome to have it all powdery down here near the village, instead of sliding around on ice all the time!

Until next time, time to see if my t-shirts are fun size...

UPDATE: haha! Take that "no tumble dry" sticker, my t-shirts still fit!