Skiing and vinyl

A and I have booked and paid for a skiing holiday in April. We are going with a group of very close friends of mine.
Just booked a visit to the Milton Keynes snowdome in an effort to get A a bit of a head start when it comes to learning to ski. The worry I have is that if she absolutely hates it then that might pose a bit problem and she might be very unkeen to go on the real thing. Especially since she has borrowed skiwear from a friend of hers that looks about as warm as a wet tissue and equally as waterproof. I'm pretty sure that you shouldn't be able to see light through a ski jacket if you hold it up to a 40watt bulb. A thinks that the styling is retro whereas in fact it is just nasty. Turquoise and off white. It looks municipal. Like when they painted underpasses to make them less dismal in the 80s. However buying new ski wear seems a waste if she is going to hate it for reasons unrelated to comfort. Hmmm.
I guess she can layer up for now and get some better kit if she enjoys the actual skiing.
My journeys into vinyl continue with the arrival of 3 albums of 'old music' two crosby stills and nash records which remind me of my parents home in my childhood and possibly the tenth copy of radiohead the bends I have ever bought the others (on CD) having all be borrowed lost etc. Hopefully on vinyl it will be harder to lose.
Isn't it funny how the albums you love are the ones you lose and the ones you regret buying sit there staring out at you. Scooter for example refuses to get lost or even damaged. Bob Marley legend I must have replaced at least twice and can I find it. No.
Its obviously related to usage but I suspect there is a malevolent force at work within the fabric of the universe to take away the things you love. Like space pens, a sock from your favorite pair and loved ones. It might be called entropy.
Research is hampered by the fact that what I'm doing is so dull that my brain can create a list of 50 things that I should do before getting down to it. I have never tidied my desk until today nor have I actually drank 8 cups of water in a morning before. This blog is actually just another method of avoiding working.
Get on with it! The trouble is its all self motivating. No one will care but me if it doesn't get done. I need a nasty boss. Perhaps I could use the electronic insect bite zapper as a geek prod.