1. Your spouse starts pulling ski gear from the basement
and insists everyone try on ski boots and snow pants immediately (actually,
my husband did this in September).
2. The kids willingly put on their ski boots in the living
room, with no snow in sight.
3. Fall fashion show to you means trying on your ski outfit
from last year, strutting your stuff around the house in full winter wear,
even goggles and gloves. You want to be looking just right, and make sure
nothing is too tight, when the forecast turns white.
4. Hot cocoa with marshmallows becomes the new beverage of
choice in the house.
5. Your kids start “being really good” in case the man in
the red suit is checking his list in reference to the new snowboard and skis
request.
6. Snow tires are mounted, ski rack is on, and you didn’t
even have to put it on the honey-do list (not surprisingly, other items
remain unfinished on the list).
7. The kids start asking when will there ever be a snow
day.
8. Your internet browser displays snocountry.com and an RSS
feed to your favorite ski resort instead of the NASDAQ or your favorite TV
Show listings.
9. Your daughter swaps out of her favorite Disney nightgown
in lieu of wearing her long underwear to bed each night. School kid legend
(or wishful thinking) says that wearing long underwear turned inside out
will prompt school cancellation the next day.
10. Your spouse insists upon a family night at the movies.
You are suspicious until you see the tickets for the new Warren Miller movie
premier, “Children of Winter” and the offer of free lift tickets as a door
prize.
While “ski fever” is highly contagious, even infectious - it is also totally
treatable. All it takes is an injection of snow fun, available soon at a
resort near you (already at
Sunday River). So enjoy the excitement as you make your preparations and
plans for your family’s first tracks of the season.
