Ok, here I am again. Homework is finished, wood is in the house and it's finally warming up again and I have a glass of Crown beside me to sip on. I'm watching snow fall again as I type this. It was a rough day gathering wood today. It was warm out so the snow was getting slick and nasty, we were sliding all over the place even with the snow shoes on. I was at the bottom of the hill using the pulley system we rigged up with the snow anchor when it gave way under a full load of wood (About 150 lbs) and the sled came flying down the hill. Of course it went on the opposite side of a tree from me and before I could get my arm untangled I went for a wild ride in a complete circle and hit a tree while airborne. Sometimes it's nice to be wearing a lot of layers of clothes! Just for you science geeks out there I have now proven that a 195 lb man CAN NOT stop a 150 lb sled moving at approximately 15 miles an hour. That sucker didn't even slow down! As I lay in a snowbank gasping for breath Aoibheann and the dogs came running down the hill to make sure I was ok. The worst part about the whole thing was that we had to replace the snow anchor, lighten the load and start all over again! Eh, no matter, we have plenty of wood for a couple of days and I got a fun story to tell.