whistler part 2

hi all, things have been progressing very nicely since i've been in whistler. i have a job on the mountain - doing rentals. i am a "rental tech"! this is very cool because it means i get a free season pass, and cheap and convenient staff housing (plus minimum wage pay - but you sign up for the perks). unfortunately there is a waiting list for the housing, so i will most likely be in hostels for another 2 weeks or so, but thats ok. i've only done 1 day of work so far - xmas day! its pretty cool, we get to fit people up for boards and skis, quite hands on setting up the bindings etc. i will be working the next 5 days. some of the hours are "split shifts" - with about 2 1/2 hours break in middle of day, which is enough time to shoot up the mountain for some boarding :) i've been up about 3 times so far and am picking it up (slowly!). yesterday it was snowing while i was up there, which was cool. the top of the mountain has had some good snow, but lower down and in the village its been raining non-stop, so there is no snow in the village at present and the snow is slushy on the lower mountain.

hope everyone had a cool xmas. i ended up going out for dinner with 10 people from the hostel so that was cool...