The conditions at Snowshoe Valley this weekend were pretty darn impressive. Nowhere else in the region has any snow at all. The staff at Snowshoe are doing a pretty decent job and have a little bit of powder on top of the ice. We drove out there at 5am on Saturday morning after about 2:30 hours of sleep. Once we were in the car, my friend Mark told us that we hadn’t secured sleeping arrangements yet. It was a proper adventure, but we didn’t have to sleep outside this time.

From Snowshoe Valley 2012

I feel like this mimics all my interactions with my {mom|fiancee}:

and this one for my uncles:

Both from http://damnyouautocorrect.com/

I don’t want it to seem like all I do is work. But…

My uncle and aunt in California gave Melissa and I an engagement gift of a credit to a nice furniture store in DC. Used it to get an awesome home office setup. I wish I got to use it more, but today is the perfect day to stay home and do some research.

The monument is sticking out in the background. The view is splendid.

For NYE, we went to Fripp Island, SC with some good friends. I’ll post some pictures shortly. The highlights were a great golf game with Mitch and an Oyster roast on New Years Eve. Regarding golf, let me just say that if Caroline is my scorekeeper, I might make par someday, otherwise there is no chance.