This morning I woke up to a rare March sight in Central New York this year. A blanket of snow covering my lawn! Enough snow to get the ski juices going, but meager in the sense that most of it has melted by this afternoon. Thus, I would define this ski season as one of providing a yo-yo of emotions--hope for good conditions for a while followed by a crash of quality skiing. No matter what we are up to, we don't like to be jerked around.
Along with not skiing, I am also feeling jerked around by a change to daylight savings time. Perhaps, this angst comes from being so wired into routines that we have comfort in. Sleep is disrupted, meals are off schedule and biological rhythms are out of kilter. The curmudgeon in me demands more stability. Staying with one or the other time pattern year round does have some issues. Apparently we aren't going to get out of that dilemma soon.
On an end note, we don't always get stability. That is a fact of existence. Therefore we must develop coping skills for variations. Thankfully, I have diversions beyond skiing! Geezers with the right mindset will adapt. And that ability to adapt will serve well for an optimistic outlook. My optimistic outlook for skiing to my 90th year is wrapped up in having purchased my season pass for 2024-2025!
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