Yesterday I went to a Christmas dinner at a family friend's house even though I didn't feel like socializing. I was talking about how bad my legs hurt last night with my dad who asked, "what are you going to do about it." At that point I proceeded to fall over into the dryer (legs gave out). I did not respond with a nasty comment when my dad laughed and said "well, that's something but I don't think it's going to help." Instead I chose to take a bath and massage my legs.

Today I slept in because I'm not feeling good (even though I know it's likely to cost me my job on the mountain). I decided taking care of myself was more important. I called and scheduled myself a massage for today (caught myself feeling sorry for myself for being sick and hurting - my legs are so sore I can barely walk). So I'm trying to take positive steps to take care of myself regardless of outside consequences.