Beyond the Bubble Cross-country skiing means spandex

Author: Claire Nelson and Lisie Mehlman

Post the Big Bake of yore, the Massive Move of '07 occurred. Claire and Lisie were forced to relinquish their aptly spacious singles and take their relationship to the next level - that of roomies. Since sleeping, eating, and spending the majority of our waking hours together isn't enough, Lisie has also taken to forcing Claire to sit and chat with her whilst she is in the shower. Apparently normal relational boundaries have escaped us. But Claire continues to threaten to turn to duct tape to mark the division of sides. Perhaps this was in retaliation of Lisie's refusal to allow Claire to hang up her original African artwork on their walls.
As established, we spend too much time both together and in our room (more specifically, our beds). We thought it over and realized that maybe we should feel weird about that. We decided we should revel in that fresh Vermont air. So we went cross-country skiing. Together, obviously.
Getting all dressed up in our snow gear was exciting, and Lisie bemoans the fact that spandex is still not entirely socially acceptable on all occasions. In fact she might have to take up this sport just so she has a reason to don it more frequently. Going out on the "course" was even more exciting. We skied for approximately 37 minutes, and more than half of that was spent on the ground laughing at whoever happened to have fallen most recently. Usually it was Lisie as Claire is a superb outdoorswoman. Claire also happened to eavesdrop on Lisie talking to herself, addressing herself by her last name. As in, "Come on, Mehlman." In fact this has been happening more and more frequently, and Claire is eager to discuss it in the W.S. (wedding speech). The W.S. is an oft-referenced entity in the yet to be named double we share. Lisie already has a word document entitled "W.S." saved on her desktop, and it is also backed up on Tigercat. She didn't want to take any risks there. We also have serious guidelines outlining topics/jokes that can and cannot be included in the W.S. For instance, Claire's first Middlebury hook up - off limits. Lisie's hygiene - fair game.
While the skiing might not have provided Clair and Lisie much distance or time apart, they did get some cute pictures out of it. And, in the end, that's all that really matters anyway.