Attic Adventures

Tonight I climbed up into the attic to look for some old ski poles.  You know, some good ol' retro ones I can use when I ski tomorrow.  Turns out, the only things we have up in our attic are skis and poles.  Exciting!!!

When I finally pulled myself up into the attic (it's kind of a major ordeal), I shone my flashlight around to see if there were any poles amidst the skis.  I could see one xc ski pole, but that's not what I was after.  I pawed around in the pile of skis until I found one pole.  It was pretty sweet, but too tall for me, and there was only one.  I had to laugh out loud at my extreme forgetfulness - of course there's only one, my dad only uses one pole! hah

I almost felt as if my trip to the attic was pointless, but I stood there glancing around to see if there was anything else of interest up in the attic.  I was about to step down out of the attic, when I spotted a brown pair of skis at the bottom of the stack.  What are those??  Old, wooden cross country skis!!  The kind one might hang on a wall! Yeah!

I climbed out of the attic just as my dad drove into the garage.  "Did you know we had wooden cross country skis up there?"  "Oh yeah, I forgot those were up there!  I used to ski on those."  I told him that when I have a house, I am definitely taking those skis and hanging them on a wall.  They are awesome!

I ran around the house letting everybody know that I had claim to those skis as soon as I get a house.  My brother looked at me like I was absolutely crazy and said, "You know, I really could care less."  I don't understand, but, I guess he didn't see them......and, all the better for me I suppose!

My dad and I talked about the skis up there and he asked if his old downhill skis were up there.  "Yeah.  Those bindings are something else!"  He says, "What? Those bindings are great!  I got them for free!  Some guy I met up on the hill just gave 'em to me!"

Ah, yes, free things are always better.  And these free xc skis are gonna look awesome in my house someday!