Learning how to Snowboard

I got up early this morning, excited for snowboarding, I got up around 7ish, which, trust me, is really early for me on weekends! I got ready slowly and Mom and Mike drove me to Conner's house and I watched TV with Conner until everyone was ready to go. A man who looked maybe in his early 20's named Brandon walked into the house, me, perplexed at who he was, simply thought he was the older brother, but as Conner walked past Brandon and saw my perplexed countance, he said, That's not my brother. He explained later that Brandon worked for his dad and they treated him like family, even though Conner didn't like him much. We left, and little did I know that we were just barely ready. We went to Idaho Water Sports in the Pine Tree Plaza, near Gonzos, and got everyone their snowboards/skiis. It took about an hour and a half. It was noon by the time we left. We then left for Taco Bandito, which I hesitantly admitted I haven't been to since about 3 years. Mrs. Beck exclaimed that she was sad and that I should hang out more with them to get some Taco Bandito. I hastily agreed. I like Mrs. Beck. Very nice and polite. I ate my burrito and I was pretty full. We started heading up towards the mountain and Pommerelle. She got up to where we were about 200 ft up the mountain and I started feeling sick. I tried to keep my eyes on the movie player, I tried to keep my eyes on Conner's game he was playing, but I still felt sick. Maybe it was car sickness I thought. So I looked at the road and that helped just a little better. By the time we were up at Pommerelle I thought I was going to throw up. I don't know, Mrs. Becks driving is kind of like Mike Searles driving. (I say Mike Searle because Mrs. Beck husbands name is Mike.) We got there and I got all my crap on, and I see Jackie come over. Cool! We have Jackie too! But she's better than a beginner so she left for the real slopes, not the Bunny Hill like I was. Conner and I huff and puff our way up to the top and place our snowboards down for a minute. Mr. Beck bought the tickets and put the stickers on our zippers. Our next destination was the Bunny Hill Ugh, I feel like such a loser going on the Bunny Hill, But I wasn't ready to go on the spud either. By the time Conner and I get to the top of the Bunny Hill, I'm bombing him with questions, asking him how do I bind myself in, how do I stop... the questions just kept coming. Finally after about an hour or two, I was starting to get the hang of it. Conner kept telling me I was doing better than him when he first did it, but I doubted it. When I finished my first time down the hill, I took off my helmet to get some fresh air, and the top of my head was covered with sweat. EEEeeeewwww... I stuck my head in the snow and sighed relief. We went again and when I was maybe 1/8 down the hill (It took me a LONG time to get down the hill) Brandon slid beside me and taught me a way to do it, but I couldn't do it that way. He said Conner was showing me the most difficult and hardest way to do it. I didn't like it when he said that. He should be happy that Conner is even trying to teach me! He finally left and I just abandoned his way and stuck with Conner's. He'll just have to stick with the fact that I'm a newb, I thought. A couple more times and the Beck family started gathering up, along with Jackie and her father. Hmm... I thought, watching them all from a distance. I wish that could be my family, but currently, My parents are divorced, one of my sisters doesn't have the time or the money to do this, and my other sister I hardly communicate with because of our different religion... Oh well, that never will mean I can't do it with my own family one day, I thought silently, and closed the thought of the subject with a smile. I stood up and hobbled over to the group. After the group had gone away, Conner and I were back to my training. I was doing really well, and I think just a little bit more practice and I can add some speed and some good turns to it. I'm jealous at how good Conner does it, and I like snowboarding so much more better than skiing. It's funny, really, When I get up, I have to do kind of like the same thing as planks that our gym teacher makes us do. Thanks Mrs. Fields, I appreciate it I thought. I had grown better at doing planks anyways, so it helped. Mr. Beck gave Conner some money and Conner and I went into the lodge to get a snack. We sat down and took our helmets and coats off. We got up and got us a drink, him a Pepsi, me a Dr. Pepper.We sat down and just talked about snowboarding and other small topics. Conner had to go to the bathroom, so I said that I would watch over the gear while he was gone and when he came back I would go to the bathroom. While waiting for him, I saw Mitchell Rice, a very funny and cool classmate of mine. Conner came back and I went to the bathroom and came back up, we were working on finished a pretzel and Braxton, a kid from our school, ( I don't know his last name because 1) He's a bad kid so I try not to know anything about him and avoid him and 2) There are way too many Braxtons at our school!) saw us talking and started the OOOooooh voice. You know, the voice you use when you see a guy and a chick hanging out, I wanted to kick that jerk. I hate that everyone thinks I like my best friends!!! Everyone thought that last year with Aren and me, and now in Jr. High everyone asks if either Aren and I are related, or dating. -.- uuuugh. When Braxton was gone Conner told me that he was afraid he would see us and do that. I nodded in agreement. We left and worked on snowboarding some more, and I was getting better and better. It was 4:18 and Conner and I were getting worried. We were supposed to leave at 4 o'clock... So we shrugged it off and continued snowboarding and then we saw Conner's dad and so we met up with him and said to come to the car, they were waiting for us for over half an hour. Ugh. Guilt rained down on me like a rainstorm. But Conner said it was alright, and that we didn't know, so therefor not to feel bad about it. We got in the car and Mrs. Beck drove us back to town, me feeling sick again. She asked whether I wanted to come with them to Pizza Hut or just to drive me straight home. I immediately decided Pizza Hut! We got to Pizza Hut and sat down, Conner and Avery talking about racist jokes and Obama jokes, they would ask if I would get it but I shrugged and said, I won't ever make fun of the President of the United States in a mean way, and I wouldn't want to make a racist joke. I told Conner plainly that Martin Luther King Jr. was my idol and hero. His eyes widened and he said, I'm so sorry. Wow, I didn't think Conner would of taken the apology that seriously! We had dinner, and Avery and Conner both admitted they liked a different pizza place better than Pizza Hut. I scowled every time they mentioned it. I love Pizza Hut! I have fun memories from here and I love their food, I didn't like them talking about Pizza Hut that way. Avery was very fun to talk to, I enjoyed his company. When we were walking out of the pizza place the littlest of the girls grabbed my arm and clung to it, I didn't know it she wanted me to hold her hand, but soon she let go. I was disappointed. She was a cutie pie. We got in the car and headed to Smiths so Mrs. Beck could rent a movie for the kids, and Conner's complaining made her get Puppy Party. Good job Conner, good job. She then headed to my house and all the lights were off. Crap, I forgot Mom and Mike had left for Jeriah's Birthday party. Mrs. Beck asked if I wanted to ride with them home and wait till they got here, I declined, knowing I would be alright alone. She asked several times more and I just kept rejecting her kind offer. I'm now home and I'm a little sore, but I hope to go with them again sometime soon and get better at the sport. National - Snowboarding - Olympics - Natalie out.