Neighbors? I have neighbors?

And here I thought I was alone in this city.

Since we've moved into the townhouse, I've noticed something quite strange. Our neigbors are saying hello to us, and coming over to talk. Weird. At the apartment, we NEVER saw our neighbors, let alone held conversations with them. well, not entirely true, we occasionally saw our neighbors when they hogged the one washer and dryer every week with 6 loads of laundry.

I'm a little wary of inviting people into my place that i dont know, because ive got lots of nice things that people would love to grab and run out the door with, or come back for later with their friends. I was actually a little afraid of the movers, or the satellite guy when we moved in. honestly, they get to see all of your stuff, your home theatre, your computers, etc. if there was a group of people to "scout out" a robbery, these people would probably be the best qualified to do it. granted i've got home insurance, so hopefully that would cover my ass, but who really wants to go through that?

Snowboarding isn't going so well these days. I haven't actually been to the hill since the tremblant trip in january, and its almost the end of february. the move, the flu, and various injuries and bad weather has kept me away from the hill. I should go this week cause I'm feeling better and I'm mostly done of the move, but I'm finding a lack of motivation.

Snowboarding isn't the social event i thought it would be. i thought we'd get together and have some beers and share the lift together, and teach each other techniques or whatnot. but thats not really what happens when you're learning to board. what happens is you're on your own, your friends are visible for about 30 seconds after you get off the lift, not to be seen again for several hours. no beer consumed, no fun times had. because i'm alone on the slopes 99.999% of the time i figured if i was boarding solo, i'd just bring my ipod. but im afraid someones going to slam into the back of me or yell at me to get out of the way of something, so i can't put earbuds in, and board to the music till ive learned a bit more. Oh well, maybe I'll get better and start having fun someday.