Today, I skated.

February 12, 2010 | Tags:

Today I chaperoned my kid’s class trip to the skating rink. And for the first time in my life, I ice skated.

I’ve wanted to ice skate since I was six years old. Since the first time in my memory that I watched the Olympics. But skating was expensive back then, it required an hour long trip to a different city, using gas we couldn’t afford, using money we didn’t have to get into the rink, etc.

But god–I wanted to skate anyway. I poured water on the floor of my basement to create a Mexican ice rink (hee hee), I found even the rockiest nastiest peice of ice on my way to school and pretended I was a figure skater in Russia–I made do. As we all always do.

But today I did it for real. I didn’t fall once. My feet and my legs and my ass burn like hell. But every time I said I was going to get off the ice and rest–I decided one more time around.

The wind blew my hair off my face, the skate blade hitting the ice left a satisfying sheet of peeled ice in my wake. I was worthless as a chaperon, and almost rammed into at least two little girls that could barely control their own skates.

And I laughed so hard my stomach still hurts.
I finally did it.

12 responses to “Today, I skated.”

  1. Nora
    February 12th, 2010 at 11:28 am #

    This story makes me so happy. And I can’t believe you didn’t fall even once! Ice is slippery!!!

  2. Roov
    February 12th, 2010 at 12:41 pm #

    This is so cool. It brightened my otherwise pretty lousy afternoon. Yay for skating!

  3. Quixotess
    February 12th, 2010 at 12:41 pm #

    Congratulations! Oh that sounds so amazing. I hope you can go back and do it again as many times as you like.

  4. K
    February 12th, 2010 at 1:04 pm #

    Oh, I’m jealous. I’ve never even worn a pair of ice skates. I’m also convinced I would break both ankles trying to, but it looks so wonderful. Go you!

  5. IrrationalPoint
    February 12th, 2010 at 5:47 pm #

    Congratulations! Glad you had a good time.

    –IP

  6. Mamita Mala
    February 12th, 2010 at 6:25 pm #

    Awesome!!! I ice skated two years ago and your post made me so jealous. Congrats.

  7. harrietsdaughter
    February 12th, 2010 at 8:08 pm #

    Yay you!!!

  8. Katie
    February 12th, 2010 at 9:32 pm #

    Wow, you’re strong! (Not falling.) Congratulations SO MUCH–I’m so happy for you!

  9. Elizabeth
    February 13th, 2010 at 8:25 am #

    JOY!

  10. sanabituranima
    February 13th, 2010 at 8:43 am #

    I am very happy for you.

  11. bfp
    February 14th, 2010 at 8:18 am #

    YES! JOY, SHEER JOY!!!!!! :D

  12. Plain(s)feminist
    February 14th, 2010 at 8:56 pm #

    This is wonderful.

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