Skating - a sport not for me

Yesterday. WHEW.

I went skating with my sisters and had a blast. We were the only ones there (thankfully) and well, I'm not too good at skating. I love playing hockey but I CANT skate. Its depressing. I prefer large skating rinks when I do go skating so I have a long way before I have to turn... Lol. So this outdoor rink we went to was the size of two hockey rinks right beside each other and so they had four nets. Pretty much one big square. My mom allowed me to borrow her skates wish was an ok idea. The bad thing about them is that they have toe picks... Anyway, there I was, thinking how good I was at skating, and gliding around so gracefully. I felt like bird. I decided to stop at the hockey net and wait for my sister to catch up. Faster....Faster... I finally got to the hockey net but not in a friendly manner. About two feet away from it, I positioned my feet terribly and my right skate's pick went into the ice. I went flying into the net hitting my neck/throat against the back crossbar and hitting my left knee against the side bar. OUCH. That was just the beginning. After that I fell over and over and over again!! Smashing my knee, my shoulder, my bottom, and my hips. The best part was every time I fell, my sisters saw how I fell (the stupidest ways to fall) and they laughed their heads off, which obviously made me laugh. Here's the top five stupidest ways I fell on ice and made myself look like a fool:

#1 - Slip on pick. Knees go forward and you kneel on ice. Back of blade goes into your thigh. Sudden alarm of pain. You burst forward to get relieved of this pain and land on your face. Sisters laugh.

#2 - Making a beautiful drawing in the shallow layer of freshly fallen snow. Trip over your pick. Fall on your side. Ruin your drawing. Sisters laugh.

#3 - Swinging arms around franticly because you can't gracefully enough to put hands at side. Think you are a pro. Put your hands in pocket. Thinking you are cool. Gracefully skating. Realize you can't stop without franticly waving your hands around like an idiot. Decide your pride is more important then your safety. Then you realize: its not. Into a snow bank, face first. Sisters laugh.

#4 - You think you are a beautiful figure skater, around in a circle you go. Doing brilliant spins and twists. You place you left foot behind your right, your sisters already start laughing at you. You toss your head high. They watch as you swiftly mess up and you trip on the ice and swing your arms as if there will be some invisible person to grab them. No one. You fall on your back/bottom. Sisters laugh.

#5 - Skating gracefully and at a speedy pace. Look over at sisters who are talking to each other in middle of rink, not moving. You have an evil thought. You keep skating around the rink, faster and faster. Do an amazing sharp turn and skate straight on closer and closer to your sisters. Faster and WHAM. Skate into sisters and you all fall down...................... You laugh.

 Yea that's me.
:)

One 'Fun' Sledding Trip

OK, its another one of those cold, boring days. And its snowing BEAUTIFULLY. It's gorgeous! I love the snow! And whoohoo i went sledding yesterday! It was... um... painfully fun. Lemme explain. Have you gone sledding and down the hill you go, flying at 50 km/hr and then BOOOOM - a snow ramp that some bozo put there?? Sure its fun for the last three seconds that you survive, but when you hit the snow again-?! Snow is (usually) white and therefore EVERY little flake is pretty must invisible because it all blends in. So when you look down that huge hill, what are to expect?! There could be a yeti down there for all you know! Anyway... there it was; a foot and a half snow ramp. Oh and of course the only time you see it is when you are the inch before it. Yea... it's not pretty. ...It probably was that guy I pushed down the hill before.... Hm. Jk.

Anyway its cold. But at least its snowing, not raining... *shutter*. The words that lay in my mouth are gone and now it is empty.
(Goodbye)

Trying to Survive...

Well. Where do I start? Ah yes, back at the first soccer tournament for my one (out of two) team. Way back in July. (mind you this team is in a provincial competitive league). I was sprinting down the grassy pitch with the ball and one of the opponents came and charged at me. Of course I was pushed and of course she was pushed. It was all legal. UNTIL, maybe I got a little too aggressive..? She fell to the ground and the ref blew his whistle. Uh oh, I'm gonna get it for sure... And oh did I ever. He warned me if I did it again he would show his yellow card. Half of that was totally acting on her part, for sure. I was kinda upset at this and so was my coach. He told me to chill and don't be as pushy. I understood and slowed it down a bit. About ten minutes later, I'm running down the wing with ball again, and the same girl charges at me. I wasn't being pushy at all this time, just holding myself up with my shoulder against her's. She 'falls' and the ref blows his whistle again. He says the same thing but no more 'second chances' for me this time. The first half ended and the next one started. I was on again playing my usual, left winger. And what do you know! I have the ball and am running down the side again. The same girl charges but this time she's MAD. She really wanted that soccer ball like it was a million bucks. I say 'Nuh uh!' (in my head) and keep running as far as my legs would take me. Suddenly and ever viciously she whips her leg under my right foot and trips me. I landed on my left hip twisting it and smashing my right knee on my left knee. No whistle. and then what does the ref say?! 'Play advantage!' I just gasped at him. I try to get up but realize, somethings wrong with my knee... I just shook it off and went for the girl and the soccer ball.

It's been about 2ish months. My knee still cramps up. With soccer finishing in the middle of September and now track and field, I hope that my knee might take a break (NOT LITERALLY) before I start indoor soccer again in January. I have a knee brace I wear when I run now too. Its a pain (no pun intended)! Besides that, allergies are in season and I have a cold. GREAT! School was going good, until this weekend. Long story short, I happened to be running around and I slipped. I braced myself by putting my hand down on the grass to hold me up. My thumb snapped and bent to touch my wrist! OW! Tip: don't try that ...like EVER. It is taking me forever to type, and even longer to write with a pencil. School's never been harder! The swelling has gone a bit down, and I had it tapped as well. Here's what it looks like at the moment:

Not too bad eh? It's a little crooked but I should survive this one. Do not ask my how I manage to take pictures!! Heehee! Cya around!