I just did my second trip yesterday. The first time I went (a week ago), my husband and his friend helped me out with the basics and by the end of the day I was going down a blue run and linking turns -- still falling a lot, but totally felt like I was getting the hang of it. I felt like a lot of what I was doing was trial and error (e.g. ooh, if I lean like this, I turn...ok, let's keep trying that). I did want to take a professional lesson because I thought it would be good to learn "official" technique, though.

So yesterday I took a lesson and it was horrible. I felt like I totally regressed from my first time. The bunny hill was so flat that I was falling constantly because I couldn't get enough speed. Plus we had to walk back up every time (no rope tow or anything) so I got absolutely exhausted doing that over and over. The instructor barely paid attention to me and only seemed to notice when I was doing something wrong. We just practiced straight gliding, heelside and toeside turns. The more tired I got (from walking back up, sitting down, strapping in, getting back up, repeat ad nauseum), the worse I did. At the end the instructor said I needed to repeat the level 1 lesson, while everyone else graduated. Ouch.

I guess my question is... I felt like I did so much better the first day when I was just trying things out, seeing what felt right, and pushing myself to go down more difficult terrain. It really was easier for me on a steeper hill. Should I even bother doing another lesson? I don't want to learn bad habits, but I don't want to repeat yesterday. It was truly awful. It's embarrassing to admit but I was crying by the end from sheer frustration.