Went to sleep around midnight after my late shift yesterday and was up at 5:00 AM to be back at the hill for 7:45 AM. Needless to day 5 hours sleep is not enough. This was apparent when I took the wrong exit coming off the Second Narrows bridge then again when I took the wrong on ramp and ended up going back across the bridge. Regardless, made it to my shift on time. Everyone who worked the night before was feeling a bit groggy as we made our way to the site. A tough hill chop today with a cold night that made an icy top layer of 6 inches or so. This resulted in about an hour to get back up to the knoll of the hill. The snow condition is still an issue and today a big hose was set up to spray some water on the chopped landing zone to try and get the snow to become a bit more sticky. Another small chop to break up the chunks and followed this up with another step on skis down the hill to try to make it ready for the women's practice. The end result is that my shoulders and back were starting to hurt. Wrapped things up around 2:30 and made my way back down the hill and into the sun and warmth of the city. Popped by MEC and picked up some new sunglasses to deal with the sun. Also realized that I picked up a bit of sun on my face and had a mild burn. Sunscreen tomorrow! Time to watch Canada vs Switzerland and relax before doing it all over again tomorrow.
PS - my laptop is acting up and the keyboard is intermittantly seizing up. If my posts stop suddenly I'm okay, just my laptop isn't.
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