Back to earth with a bump

The first week after a holiday is always tough and I have only just today got back to thinking that I am ready for work next week, without a backlog of jobs to do. I missed skiing on my Swiss holiday but worked out in the gym every day when Steve skied all morning. I did plenty of walking too and exercised my lungs yelling at the bob and skeleton teams. And, this is a hard thing for somebody who has accepted part time insomnia to the point where it never bothers me, I have slept like a log since I got home. This one then about giving up skiing.

To Ski or Not to Ski, That is the Question 

Skiing has been a great sporting love

Giving more than thirty years of pleasure

The crowded lifts the push and shove

A fun way to spend my winter leisure 

Each year I improved in my ability

I was sure of myself on any run

I grew in confidence and agility

Daily on the first lift up to join the fun 

The energy to ski was not for me a chore

Or standing gawking at the top station

Stunned to silence every time that’s sure

And hurtling down filled me with elation 

I worked my way into higher classes

And welcomed each new skiing test

The latest kit and my new sun glasses

I skied all day with so little rest 

Undaunted by speed as the years rolled on

Thinking then that I would ski for ever

Winter sports had an addiction hold on

I’d miss a snow filled holiday never   

One or two times perhaps in a week

A fall found me tumbling and sliding

I wondered if I had passed my peak

Then rising up again and gliding 

Over the last ten years or so, I found

It felt like I fell a little harder maybe

Sure it hurt more when I hit the ground

The years taking their toll to a degree 

Over the years until the point where

Injuries got worse, took too long to heal

The consideration to ponder there

Was should I abandon my winter zeal 

The choice to be made was if I ought

For a week or two of snow on the slopes

Compromise my year round sport

Weeks recovering and dashed spring hopes 

So I still enjoy a week holidaying in snow

But save myself for my multi sport world

I miss the skiing but not the falls you know

In a swim, bike and run events now totally hurled.