Well it is the New Year and after numerous complaints I am making a resolution to get my blog scene rolling back on the right track!

I guess, for reasons unknown, I have not been motivated to blog the last month. But regardless of motivation, I know that this is one of the ways people keep tabs on me and the U.S. Team and therefore I am going to be better about providing you with the dirt!

So where do I begin? After Bormio, the DH team got a break to come back home for a week of rest and recuperation before the action-packed month of January. We flew in on the 30th and after a few delays, I arrived home at 2 a.m. and discovered that a water pipe had burst in my house! Luckily a friend of mine, Ebin Tormey, had stopped by my place the morning before I arrived and discovered the leak, but not before the house was blanketed with a half-inch of water! Needless to say, I have spent the majority of my first day home trying to get the place dried out! Other fun activities have included shoveling, jumping the dead battery in my truck, unsuccessfully trying to fix my broken snow-blower, paying a stack of overdue bills and shoveling some more!

That was the first day and since then, things have gotten considerably better! I guess I have come to expect surprises on a schedule that only allows us to come home about every month and a half during the winter.

After passing out well before the New Year arrived last night, I woke up this morning and decided to go out to Squaw and get in a few turns. After deciding that was a good plan, I looked at the clock and remembered that I have jet lag and it was only 3 in the morning! I took the opportunity to stoke the fire and turn on all the fans in my continued efforts to rid my house of unwanted moisture.

When the sun finally came up, I got my ski stuff in order and promptly fell asleep til 11. So my morning ski plans turned into afternoon ski plans, but I made it out nonetheless and it was a good time.

Skiing at Squaw for the first time every season always brings back a flood of good memories, and today was no different. It completely erased my glum mood, and now I am stoked for the rest of the week. There is a series of big storms forecasted to hit Tahoe starting on Thursday, so I am hoping it dumps before I head back to Europe on Sunday!

Once we do make it back to Europe, we have a huge month of racing lined up! On Sunday, we fly back to Zurich and head over to Wengen to race the famous Lauberhorn downhill, the longest and probably most diverse course on the tour. Then straight to Kitzbuhel for the Hannenkam — so excited for that one! After Kitz, we go to Val d’Isere and get to race on a downhill that has not been run since the Olympics in 1992! We finish the month out with a stop in Chamonix, which is another track that I have yet to race, but it is one of the classics so I am obviously looking forward to it!

I think our team is going to rack up some serious points this month. That is it for now, happy new year!

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