Skating Update Since ACL Reconstruction: It's a work in progress. LOL. Kind of like writing. I've progressed from skating in a circle around the rink to actually doing some turns and spins. Yay!
I even signed up to skate in this year's ice show at our rink: Musical Legends and Divas on Ice. It's on December 3rd and 4th which means I have a lot of figuring out to do by then. Sunday was our first group practice and it went a little something like this:
Choreographer: Who here can do a double toe loop?
Me: (I don't raise my hand. But when choreographer starts eyeballing me, I succumb and raise it half way). Well, I can't do one right now, but I'm hoping I can again in two months.
Choreographer: Who here can do an illusion?
Me: Well, I used to be able to do one, so give me a few weeks to figure that one out.
Choreographer demonstrates a knee slide across the ice.
Me: That is so not happening.
You get the picture.
Despite my shortcomings, it was so nice to be on the ice practicing for a performance and being out there with old skating buddies. I just hope I can get it all back by December. I have a LOT of work to do.
You'll get there (though, yeah, that knee slide sounds iffy :)
ReplyDeleteoh, ice shows! how fun. i miss those days. also, my mom will be at the rink next week. she's visiting donna! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement guys. And yes, I miss you being here Kaleigh. It would be so much fun if you were doing the show with us!
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