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In the passage, "A Series of Atypical Events," Lisa and her friends expected Jeanne's trip in Colorado to be better than their dull winter break. Thus, they were envious of Jeanne for several reasons. One of the many reasons they were jealous was because where they lived, the snow had not arrived yet. In the text, it stated that Lisa's region didn't see snow fall until late January into March. As you can see, their break didn't fall under the snowy months of the year, while Jeanne got to go to Colorado where it snowed. In addition, even if it did snow where Lisa and her friends lived, they would have still had to have stayed close to home. For example, the text states, "If we wanted to go skiing during our vacation, it had to be one of the nearby slopes." From this quote, you can infer that Lisa's parents are not willing to travel during the cold season. Therefore, there would be many reasons why Lisa and her friends would be envious of Jeanne went she went to Colorado.

In the beginning, Lisa and her friends were jealous of Jeanne and her ski trip, but that quickly changed when Jeanne made an unexpected phone call. Because of this, they were probably glad in the end that they had not gone on the ski trip after all for numerous reasons. the main reason was because, unfortunately, Jeanne was maimed while skiing. Jeanne explained that although no bones were broken, she suffered various scrapes and bruises on her neck and shoulder, and received a black eye. Although Jeanne tried to cover up the seriousness of the accident, Lisa and her friends were not fooled; they were relieved that they hadn't been on the slope with her. Also, if Lisa had gone on the trip to Colorado, she might have been unable to make it back home in time for the New Year's party. Other than the delay of the plane back to Lisa's house, Jeanne's injury also kept her from coming to the party, as explained in the passage. If Lisa was in Jeanne's condition, she would have missed the fun party as well. In conclusion, Lisa and her friend's opinion on how amazing the ski trip would have been abruptly changed to relief when Jeanne's news was heard over the phone.