"I'm Gonna Die!  Why did I let Christina talk me into this?"

The first step to skiing is to get your skies on.  This is hard to explain so I guess you will have to ask your instructor.  Once you have the skies on, head over to the chair lift.  While you go up, hold on tight!  When you get ready to go, start with the stopping wedge.  Go down slowly and don't hit anybody on the way down.  Jared has done that a few times.