An Update on Goal Achievement

Last summer, I posted about finally achieving a goal I had pursued for  seven– count ‘em – seven summers.  The very difficult and elusive (for me) deep water start on the slalom ski.  For anyone who has learned to water-ski on two skis, the norm is to get up on two and then drop one.  When you are hanging out with real skiers this is untenably gauche and it became imperative that I master the ability to simply get up on one ski.  At the end of last summer I finally got it. 

So this summer the big question was – could I do it again?  Lo and behold, I popped right up and pretty much have been able to do it all summer.  I am still surprised to find myself up on the water in one piece!

But of course now that’s old news and there has to be a new goal.  Now I have to cut.  It isn’t enough just to go back and forth across the wake and have fun…no.  Cutting is when you hunker down, pull your own weight and shoot across the wake at god only knows what heinous speed so that when it comes time to turn back you are leaning so far in you practically touch the water.  My husband looks like a demi-god when he does this.  And he makes it look so fun. 

And I am writing about this to re-iterate how important it is to my quality of life to have a goal that has nothing to do with work, saving the world, the well being of my children or my own moral betterment.  It is just absurdly fun.

 Wish me luck.