It's just frustrating.
I mean, I finally get to go skiing and this happens and now I can't do anything.
Hey, Mer, for the first date, after 22 years of making promises, I'm finally taking Meri
skiing high.
I think living farther apart is harder on me than it is on anybody else.
There have been days since we moved to Las Vegas that Meri and I have gone and looked at
each other and we've gone. Wow. I haven't seen you for four days.
Let's get out of here.
Okay.
It's almost like it's for monogamous relationships that are all one family.
I was talking to somebody this morning, and he said, good luck.
Last time I went skiing, I broke my leg.
Who says that kind of stuff?
He said to me that winter that we had first met, and he's like, Oh, we should go skiing
this winter. And 22 years have passed.
Let's go.
I'm so excited.
You ought to be excited.
It's just fun.
Mary and I did not start out romantically.
We were just we became friends and we started off that way.
And we traditionally marry fairly young in our faith.
Mary was 19. I was 22 because we were young.
I kind of knew that developing a relationship based on character was going to
be so much more important, and that's kind of what I was looking for.
Are you walking so far ahead of me.
To ditch you? Wait.
This is supposed to be a romantic date.
You're going to put your toe in.
You want them tied around your ankles, That front goes in.
Now press down on the back.
All right. Welcome to hell.
You're going to feel like you can't walk and you.
Can't do anything. And you think, my.
Dear toe straight.
Oh, see?
Stomp! Stomp!
You're going to learn some serious patience today.
Lover.
Turn your knees and your ski will fall.
Turn your knees that way. Turn them that way.
Okay. Turn. Turn your knees in this way.
Now. The other way. Oh, she's doing great.
That wasn't that bad.
No, you did good.
I just had in my head.
If I can just show him that I can do this, no issues, and I'll be able to be like, Ha ha
ha ha!
Lift the heel. Very good.
How are you doing? Good.
Hey, how's it going? Good. National Ski Patrol.
Can I be of some help?
I'm just resting.
I don't think I know how to stop.
I think I just know how to fall.
To stop.
Do you want to stop? Oh, man.
I'm going a little faster. Just make the pizza slice a little wider.
I'm tracking where you want to stop thing.
Point that way. 20 downhill.
Whoa. You follow me? Now!
Stop. Wait.
You ahead to. Point your knees.
Lift the heel on the side. You want to turn to push.
I am a lousy ski instructor.
I'm going to push you off.
Whoa!
Oh! Oh, heavens.
Wait for this one. Oh.
There we go. Now turn that way to me.
Lift you inside. There you go.
There you go. Okay, now we're going to turn that way a little bit.
Oh, gosh. Okay.
Now, slow it down a little bit by by digging your dig your sled in.
Dig it in, dig it in, dig it in, dig it in.
Slow yourself down. You are doing great.
Hey, lift your rock.
You okay? You're stomping my knee.
Oh, you did? Yeah.
I my initial reaction, I didn't mean to be alarmist, but my head told me, you're done
skiing. Does that hurt?
No, it's all right.
It's. We still had an hour before the place closed.
I had full intention of just resting for a little bit and then going back down at least
one more time.
You okay? Oh, so we're going to the lodge.
And James, the ski patrol says, How you guys doing?
And I said, Well, she heard her knee and I like somebody to just check it out.
Now, when you heard it pop, where was it exactly?
It's right in here. And that's where I'm feeling it, too.
You're walking, okay. I mean.
With a little walking, it just feels really weak.
Like, I can't put a whole lot of pressure on it.
I recommend we get ice on it pretty quick.
Really? Yeah.
Yeah. On a pain scale, from 1 to 10, ten being excruciating pain.
Where would you put the pain? Right when it happened?
Probably about a six.
Out of six. All right.
Well, just based on that and based on what I'm seeing here, we strongly recommend that
you your day of skiing is over.
I definitely would get to the emergency room, have them check it out.
Probably nothing. But you can't be too safe with something like this, right?
If it was my wife, I would definitely take her to the ER for that.
Yeah. Are you sure we don't want to go down just a little bit?
Like one more time.
Just slow.
Really? You didn't hear anything you said about if it was my wife, I would go to the
hospital and get an x ray.
Oh, well, I tried delivering on the promise of 22 years.
You did a good job.
We went to the doctor last night, and the doctor says you have a partially torn or a
sprained MCL, and that is a strap of ligament that holds the knee in place and is
going to be a 6 to 8 week recovery.
And so she is down immobilized.
Her being immobilized is is not good.
How are you feeling?
Fine.
Just tired. Now, listen, I've got plans with Janelle today.
I know we're going to go hiking.
Are you going to be okay or should I stay here?
No.
I'll be fine.
It's just frustrating.
I mean, I finally get to go skiing, and this happens, and now I can't do anything.
It's all right. I don't regret it.
It was a blast.
I loved it. And I will totally go again.
I love you. You sure you're fine?
Yeah, I'm all right.
Okay.
See you.
Love you. Okay. Bye.
Have fun. Love you.