Entry FeedLast night was our second of 10 hockey nights. I was dreading it! Look, I am not a hockey player and I never will be. The only reason I signed up was peer pressure; I love being social and hate missing out on things. These women are a lot of fun, and many of them are really, really great skaters!
Before going last night, I was actually thinking that I could get pregnant again to get out of the remaining sessions without looking like a drop-out.
I think that I only pulled one muscle dressing myself, so an improvement over last week.
On the ice we started with a repeat of last week's drills, and a promise by the coach that he will take our falls more seriously after one mom fell last week and broke her wrist. (I feel so terrible because I convinced her to try it out! At least she had a cool answer when the Doctor asked her how she got hurt!)
I wasn't having fun. My feet hurt, I was sweating, my head was itchy under my helmet, and I am not very good. Plus I somehow got in the "good" row with all of the really fast, really skilled skaters, so I think I just looked worse.
Then we started this drill where you push out and pull in almost making waves all down the ice, and I started to get the hang of it! Later we did a passing drill that my partner and I rocked!
So, by the end, I wasn't completely hating it. But I am buying myself some Dr. Scholls inserts for next week.
I have been getting the peer pressure too...think I might start out with some power skating, or even just skating in hockey skates, I've never been on the ice without the dreaded picks!
Then again maybe I'll just show up at the pub after the game....