Getting in the spirit, even though it's 60 degrees...

I know, I keep pushing the limits of a balance disorder but I can’t help it. We took advantage of our season passes for The Beach and went to their HolidayFest. Skylar wanted to ice skate and I said I would join him but Mau said “No way!” and would take pictures from the sidelines. As we waited in the long line, I was having second thoughts since my graceful tumble while roller skating recently and Mau said he would go with Sky. Mau just paid for all of us so I was committed, I was going to try at least. I have hit the ice before when I was about 11 and then when I first moved here at 19 but would it come back to me? I was having second thoughts the whole walk up the ramp to the rink and made Mau carry my purse containing my camera…I would rather crack my head open than break my new camera, it was that expensive. He knows how to fall better than me obviously.

I was surprised by how easy it was. I did clutch the rail for the first round but then I got daring and was skating backwards and practicing my triple lutz…ok, kidding on the lutz. Skylar had no problem adapting and was whizzing around always swaying forward and backward with his arms flailing but not falling much. Mau just wanted to go fast and it was pretty crowded so he used Sky’s approach so people would move out of his way, good thinking on his part. I didn’t fall at all but listened to my personal rule of not holding anyone’s hands this time and I wore a hat for cushioning just in case.

I did get photos but decided to use the program that came with my camera to upload them (why must I fix things that aren’t broken?), problems arose and they did not get transferred and got erased from the card. Ugh! I learned my lesson.