A cold crisp blue-skied morning means only one thing to you - snowboarding. It's that time of year when traditionally, you start to think about making plans. You check the snow reports, work out where to go, who fancies it, think of Val Thorens, your all time favourite resort.
It is galling then that, without doubt, boarding is off the agenda from here on in. At one point, you had thought that if you took it really easy, just went out in the mornings and rested in the afternoons, you might be able to manage it. But reality has set in, and your body is sending you clear signals - if you can't get up the stairs in your house without breathing heavily, a ski resort is no place to be.
There are other little annoyances too. Not the big stuff, which I've covered in this blog pretty comprehensively - the whole dying early, missing out on half a lifetime, lots of pain, unluckiness thing, and the distress it causes to people around you.
But the little things, silly, silly stuff. Like, you're settled with your mobile phone company, you know exactly the right package for you. You're happy with your bank, your internet provider, your house. More rationally, I suppose you're saying that after years of not being there, you've got to a good place in your life - and with that in mind, it is the sickest joke of all that this should happen to you.
It is galling then that, without doubt, boarding is off the agenda from here on in. At one point, you had thought that if you took it really easy, just went out in the mornings and rested in the afternoons, you might be able to manage it. But reality has set in, and your body is sending you clear signals - if you can't get up the stairs in your house without breathing heavily, a ski resort is no place to be.
There are other little annoyances too. Not the big stuff, which I've covered in this blog pretty comprehensively - the whole dying early, missing out on half a lifetime, lots of pain, unluckiness thing, and the distress it causes to people around you.
But the little things, silly, silly stuff. Like, you're settled with your mobile phone company, you know exactly the right package for you. You're happy with your bank, your internet provider, your house. More rationally, I suppose you're saying that after years of not being there, you've got to a good place in your life - and with that in mind, it is the sickest joke of all that this should happen to you.
