The following story below is a comedy of errors that happened to me and K earlier today. Everything somehow went laughably wrong, but we still had a lovely day despite it all.
K and I decided last night to do a Sunday daytrip to Belleayre to get in some snowboarding fun. We were supposed to have done a full weekend trip for President's day weekend, but K ended up having a football game on Saturday. So, we ended up cancelling the snowboarding trip so he could play. I guess we should've just stuck to our guns and just not forced the issue because this snowboarding trip was clearly not meant to be.
1. Booking issues with the rental car
We wanted to rent an SUV for the trip because we thought it would be safer to drive in one. On Hertz and Avis, they were all sold out. Eventually, we decided to rent a regular sedan and just drive extra carefully, but we found out the Hertz in our neighborhood had closed permanently. So, we ended up booking a car with the Hertz further uptown, but K's membership/coupon code wouldn't work.
2. Rental car issues
We got to the rental car place bright and early so that we could pick up the car and make sure the membership code got logged in properly. The car was available, but there were issues with it: the door lock wasn't working properly, and for some reason, it kept saying that a door was open even though it wasn't.
3. Breakfast issues
In an effort to save time, we decided to run over to Dunkin Donuts to grab breakfast and coffee to go. The lady somehow screwed up K's coffee, and it was practically undrinkable.
4. Parking issues
When we arrived at Belleayre, we couldn't find parking AT ALL because the lots were so packed. So, we decided to take a chance and park on the side of the road, quite a walk away from the lodge.
5. Mud issues
Then, K dropped his beanie on a patch of wet, slushy mud.
6. Belleayre
We were able to catch a shuttle bus which brought us to the lodge, and we were surprised to see such long lines to get to the rental area. When we got to the desk, we found out that all the rental boards were sold out for the day. I told K that he should go snowboard since he already has a board and didn't need to rent one. I could wait for him at the cafeteria, but he really didn't want to leave me by myself. Plus, the lifts were apparently super crowded because of President's Day weekend. It would also have been a pain to snowboard down because so many kids were on the slopes, and it would be hard to avoid all of them.
7. Restaurant
There's a restaurant near Belleayre that we've always wanted to try called Peekamoose! We really like the name, and we also read up on the reviews once and saw that they had really delicious food. So, we decided to just ditch snowboarding and have a nice, leisurely lunch instead. As luck would have it, Peekamoose was closed.
** Somehow, at this point, we were still in a great mood and were laughing the whole thing off **
8. Spontaneous sledding
We ended up having lunch at a restaurant near Peekamoose, then decided to do some grocery shopping at Mitsuwa Asian Market, which is basically this Asian grocery wonderland in NJ. On the way to Mitsuwa, we drove by a huge park where a bunch of children were sledding. It looked so fun that we decided to park and sled along with them. We found a discarded plastic "sled" and had a few minutes of fun sledding down the hill. It was super fun and the surprise highlight of our day. The snow was super deep. It was hard to walk, but it was powdery soft. Unfortunately, on the walk back to the car, I fell into a hole that was too deep and twisted my weak knee.
** At this point we were still super, duper happy! **
9. Mitsuwa Asian Market
When we got to Mitsuwa, there was no parking to be found because EVERYONE was at Mitsuwa for some reason. I have no idea how everyone coincidentally had the brilliant idea ski/snowboard and shop for Asian groceries on the same day! It was a struggle to even drive in and out of the parking lot because everyone was just scrambling for a parking slot. While trying to escape this outdoor labyrinth, K ended up backing into a snow bank (really, it was like an ICE bank) and CRACKED the bumper of the rental car.
** Happy feelings disappeared **
10. End of the night
Eventually, we managed to find a parking slot and decided to have dinner there. We shared a really yummy pork cutlet curry dish. We each got delicious green tea matcha milk, and we managed to do our grocery shopping. This totally salvaged our evening. We're so exhausted, but it was still a really fun (and memorable) day despite all the crazy things that went wrong.
Moral of the story: As cheesy as it sounds, even when things go wrong, things can still go right. :) At various points of the day, K and I could have easily turned on each other and just taken out our frustrations at one another. Finding a way to laugh about the craziness and embracing little surprises helped us turn a potential "worst-day-ever" to a "funniest-day-ever."
Now, time for "best sleep ever." LOL
<3,
Tiffy
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