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| Since my last entry, Annie has made the beginner synchro team, and also skated in the Spring show at the rink. Her synchro team starts practice in a couple weeks, and she is really excited. She also passed her Beta class in 4 weeks. She no longer wants to do groups though, so we will just be doing one private a week.
I talked to Annie's coach today and asked her if she also coached adults. She has a few adult students, and agreed to coach me starting next week! We just have to figure out a day that would work for both of us, mainly because it has to work around my work schedule, and my husband has to be able to watch the baby. I'm so excited! Even if I do get pregnant soon, I can probably still work on dance or MIF for a while. I'm scared to see how much I've forgotten though. | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment   |
| | Time: | 02:47 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/yellow/sleepy_sy.gif) tired |
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| Our anniversary trip was fun, and I got the much needed time away from the kids. The rink at the hotel was crappy though, and they only cut the ice once a day. The ice was so scratched up it was almost impossible to skate on, so my husband and I called it quits after 10 min. Other than that, we had a good time eating, walking the beach and the boardwalk, and getting drunk at the hotel bar.
Annie is still doing her privates and group lessons every week, and she is continuing to improve. Her spirals are higher, and her back crossovers are starting to look really good. Yesterday the coach got her to lift her leg on a two foot spin, and she made it around maybe two more times. She had her Alpha test today in groups, and she passed. Her rink closes for 2 months after April, so we are going to do the Beta 4 week session, and then do privates with her coach at another rink. She's also trying out for a beginner 1 synchro team in April. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Update | | Time: | 09:50 am | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/yellow/singing_sy.gif) cheerful |
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| Since I've been doing much better now, I'm seriously starting to miss skating. My daughter has been having one group lesson and one private a week, and it kills me to have to sit out with the baby and watch. I'm going to try to start getting on the ice at least once a week, at least if or until I get pregnant again. We are considering adoption now as well, just because we really want a boy, and we might not have one on our own this next time around, but don't want anymore than three kids. It would also be so nice to give an unwanted child a home.
Annie's skating has gotten SO much better just with the few private lessons that she has taken. Her forward crossovers are really nice now, and she is starting to work on back x-overs and back stroking. Her two foot spin is incredible and she got twelve revs last week. I wish I could spin like her! She also learned her lunge last week in about 10 seconds. It's crazy how fast little kids can learn.
March 12th is our 7 year anniversary, so my husband and I are dropping the kids off at my parent's house next weekend to drive up to Ocean City. Its going to be SO nice to get away, even for just the weekend. And, the hotel that we are staying in has an indoor ice rink!!!! | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| | I just wanted to thank everyone that offered me kind words on my last entry. It's gotten a lot easier for me to deal with, and therapy has helped a lot. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| | I haven't been around in a while. My little brother committed suicide almost two months ago, and I've always struggled with depression, but this has sent me over the edge. He was not only my brother, but also my best friend, and I've been having a really hard time dealing with this. | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| | I'm so mad right now because I just got back from the rink and didn't even get to have my lesson. When he told me to meet him there today at 4 pm, he wasn't aware that they were doing skating camp this week, and that all publics and freestyle sessions are cancelled. I showed up, and the front desk was closed, so I went into the rink and sat there for a few minutes thinking that maybe he would show up, or the camp would end or something, but no. I asked the man working in the pro shop, and he told me that there is nothing going on but the camp, so I packed up and went home. I was mad at the coach first, because he didn't call me and cancel, but then I realized that we never exchanged phone numbers. I've been sick all day though, and really wasn't up for a lesson anyway, but wish I wouldn't have wasted my time. I have groups tomorrow, so i'll talk to him then. I won't be able to do a private next week either though, because I'll be camping. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| Today's lesson was great! We've been having a different coach every week, and this week, the ice dance coach, that two of the other ladies in my class take lessons from, taught our group. He was awesome. In one lesson, he improved my posture, stroking, and edges. I was really leaning way to much, dropping my shoulders, and letting my arms and legs pull my off balance, but I never knew why I was getting off balance until he pointed it out to me, and showed me how to fix it. It was one of the best lessons that I've ever had. Not to mention that he was demonstrating everything in hockey skates because he was about to give a hockey lesson. I didn't even know that it was possible to skate like that on hockey skates! Anyway, after the lesson I asked him about privates, and I start on Friday! I'm going to give ice dancing a try, and also continue to work on pre-bronze MIF and freestyle. He teaches all three disciplines, but mainly ice dance. Didn't really work on too much in practice, and spent way too much time chatting. I did do some more stroking and edgework, but thats about it.
Oh yeah, I had my first on-ice collision today. I was practicing backwards edges, and next thing you know I was laying on the ice. I had collided into a little boy, and thankfully he had on full hockey gear and no one got hurt. I was shaken up for a bit, and from now on, I'm always going to make sure that I look where I'm going. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| Most of today's lesson was spent just doing basic forwards and backwards edges, and three turns. I improved my BI edges a little bit more, and my three turns are looking a lot better. The coach did notice that I was scratching on my three turns because although I went into them with my knees bent, I would pop back up again during the turn. After I knew what I was doing wrong, the next ones were a lot quieter and smoother. The coach even commented on how nice my inside threes were today.
I'm starting to get a lot more comfortable on the ice, so I attempted my toe loop and salchow today. My salchow was small and pitiful, but my toe loop was ok. Not as high as I was getting before, but passable. I also worked on my waltz 8, which still needs a lot of work, forwards and backwards crossovers on the hockey circles, more edgework, and powerpulls. I don't know how it happened because I haven't been practicing them, but my powerpulls were awesome today! Much better on the right foot than the left though. I couldn't believe it. Last, I worked on a fre two foot spins from a pivot, and then tried a one foot from both a standstill and back crossovers. Every time I ended up doing two foot spins, except for one. I went into it from back crossovers, and snapped into the spin, and actually got a few revs on one foot. It was like it all clicked, and I thought I might be able to copy what I had just done, but no.
Annie worked ..s, backwards swizzles, and forwards crossovers today, and thankfully, was in a good mood for her lesson and practice. She even told me that she doesn't want to quit skating now, which I don't know if I should believe her or not since she goes back and forth so much. She also made a new friend from class today, so she messed around with her while I was practicing.
I'm going to try to get to the rink tomorrow, because I want to be able to skate at least twice a week. I want to look into starting privates again, but don't know if it's worth finding a coach at this rink if I'm going to be moving. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | gymnastics | | Time: | 12:18 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/yellow/sad_sy.gif) disappointed |
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| | Annie just informed me that she no longer wants to take skating classes. She's more interested in gymnastics now. I've been taking her to open gym at the gymnastics center every tuesday and thursday morning, and according to the teacher, she has natural talent, and is strong for her age, and they want to put her in the advanced class for 4 and 5 year olds. It's sad that she's not interested in skating anymore, but its good thing too because thats more money that I can spend on my own skating! I told her that she still has to finish up the last 4 classes in this lesson series. I'm going to keep her skates rather than sell them, just in case she changes her mind, because she's done that before. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | 6/21/08 | | Time: | 09:42 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/yellow/hot_sy.gif) hot |
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| We had a different coach today, and I really liked her. We started by warming up with three turns and edges. Since my BI edges have been total shit, I asked the coach for some help with those, mainly on pushing into the edge, which always felt awkward with the BIs. They were much better after practice today though. After that I suggested that we work on our one foot spins today, and after showing her my entrance and attempt at the spin, she told me that I'm not holding my edge long enough after I step into the circle from my back crossovers, and thats why I have problems going into the spin. I also tend to look over my right shoulder when I'm spinning and lower my chin, which throws me off balance as well. I really wasn't spinning any better after the lesson, but at least I know what I need to work on. Last, we worked on our waltz jumps, mainly on making the entrance and exit look pretty, since we were all pretty good with the jump. I just need to make sure to really kick my leg through.
I didn't really see Annie's lesson, but she did get a private because no other kids showed up today. The coach told me that they worked on crossovers and spirals today.
We both skated for 30 minutes after the lesson, but Annie was in a horrible mood because she had stayed up all night with her cousins at grandma's house. She whined the whole time during practice and even threw in a few tears. Then when we finally got off of the ice, she threw the worst fit that I have ever seen because she said she wanted to skate more. She was screaming at the top of her lungs, throwing her gloves at me, and trying to kick me with her skates. I swear, she hasn't done anything like this since she was 2 years old. Everyone in the whole rink was staring at us, and I was SO embarrassed. She just would not calm down, and the skating director ended up coming over and talking to her, which made her stop crying and screaming. I was able to get her skates off and get her to the car. It was so bad that I don't even want to show my face there again. She even had the nerve to get smart with me in the car on the way home. Needless to say, she got her first spanking in 2 years when we got home. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | 6/14 | | Time: | 08:30 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/yellow/full_sy.gif) full |
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| My class today was awesome. There are only 3 other ladies in the class, and they split us up into two groups, beginning and intermediate. When I told the teacher that I hadn't skated in a year, she stuck me in the beginner's group, which could barely skate forwards, and I was about to get upset, but then the skating director came over and moved me over to the other group. First we worked on making our three turns and mohawks better, which I'm so glad that we did. I need to make sure to keep my shoulders back, and to not lean forwards so much. On my FI three turns I need to make sure to swing my free leg back behind me as I'm doing the three turn. I also need to stay off of my toepick and more on the ball of my foot when I turn. Mohawks were ok ,but I also need to avoid scratching my toepick when putting my free foot down. Edges were good, and last we worked on power pulls. The coach had us start out doing a few saloms down the ice, to get a feel for it, and then going into power pulls. I had never done these before, and they are a lot harder than they look! After class we get a 30 minute free skate, and don't even have to use our punch card for it, which is good. My daughter and I skated around for about 15 minutes and I practiced edges, power pulls, waltz jumps, and the dreaded one foot spin again. I feel like I'm getting closer to being able to do it, and I got a few revs today before I had to put my other foot down and finish with a two foot spin.
My daughter took her first alpha class today, although she says she doesn't remember what she worked on! I did see them doing forwards crossovers. The skating director came up to me during class and told me that Annie was so good, and that she couldn't believe that she got so much power out of her little legs. Then after class her coach commented that "she has the gift of gab." My daughter can never keep her mouth shut. lol | | comments: Leave a comment |
| Annie and I went to a public session yesterday. Now that school is out, even the morning public session was pretty crowded. I only got to skate for an hour because Annie kept saying that her skates hurt her feet, so we left early. She has the next size up for when she outgrows these skates, but those are too big, and she just trips over the front of them. Her toes don't come to the end of the ones she is in now, but she says that they are too tight around the sides.
Anyway, we both mostly practiced spins today. My two foot spins were awesome, from back crossovers, pivot, and a standstill. I think I tried the one foot spin about a million times, and only actually did it ONE time, and only got 2 revs. I just can't figure out what my problem is, because I just can't find the sweet spot and balance on the one foot while I'm spinning. Did a few three turns, and mohawks, worked on edges a bit, which were much better now that my blades are sharpened, and then did a few waltz jumps, and toe loop and salchow walk-throughs. I tried to make Annie work on the elements she learned in pre-alpha, and tried teaching forward crossovers, which she tried and did ok on, but all she really wanted to do was try to jump and spin. She keeps talking about wanting to do a sit spin, but shes not even spinning on one foot yet, so she'll do a two foot spin and then try to sit. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | I woke up early, after only getting 3 hours of sleep because of the baby, got in the shower, and got dressed, and then got a phone call from the skating director saying that classes were canceled because the Zamboni was broken, so that really sucked. So, the wait continues until next saturday. Spent all day at the pool though, and that was fun. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Lessons | | Time: | 04:10 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/yellow/happy_sy.gif) excited |
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| Both kids are napping, so I thought I'd update. I'm so excited because I'm finally going to be starting lessons again tomorrow! I'm starting out with group lessons though, and then maybe after this session I'll add privates in again. I found an adult class that is given at the same time as the kids Alpha class, so my daughter and I will actually be able take lessons on the same day, at the same time, and then skate the public session. The classes started last saturday, so we already missed one class. There are 6 adults signed up for my class, and the skating director told me that they have been focusing mostly on Moves and Ice Dance, and not freestyle, which is ok with me, since I need to practice the basics, and have been interested in ice dance anyway.
My old synchro team is having the second round of team selections this sunday, and they are fielding an Adult Open team this year, so I am debating whether or not I have the time to do it. I also don't know how it would work out when we have to go away for competition because I am breastfeeding, and can't really leave the baby for a weekend, even though she will be about 8 months old by that point, but I wanted to breastfeed until she's a year old. I have a lot of time to decide, but I don't want to have to pay the tryout fee if I'm no going to do it anyway. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I tried to do a spiral, and it was pathetic. I'm going to have to do some major stretching. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Surprisingly, it went really well. I took my daughter with me, and at first I just spent some time stroking round the ice. After about 10 minutes of that, I did some forwards and backwards crossovers, which came back to me pretty easily, so no problems there really, except the back crossovers were a little bit scratchy. Three turns were another story. The forward outside three turns were ok, but definitely not great, and the inside three turns were horrible. Will definitely need to work on those. I was a little scared to attempt mohawks at first, but they were still fine. I got about 5 revs on my two foot spin, but my one-foot was non-existent, even though I did some pretty good spin entries from back crossovers. Forward inside and outside edges on a line were a little rough, but I blame that a lot on the fact that my blades were in serious need of a sharpening, and I was skidding on the edges. The back outside edges were great, but I'm going to need to put some serious practice into the back insides. Did a lot of good waltz jumps, some half flips, and some teeny tiny toe loops and salchows (pretty much just walk-throughs.) I'm so glad that I won't have to start over from scratch, and now I'm even more excited to be skating again. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Finally | | Time: | 02:06 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/yellow/sick_sy.gif) sick |
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| | On Friday I'm going to try my hardest to get away for a few hours and skate a public session. I'm terrified that I've lost everything and that I won't even be able to do crossovers and waltz jumps, seeing that I've been away from the ice for almost a year now. Lets hope I don't look like a complete beginner out there! | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Time: | 07:24 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/yellow/awake_sy.gif) awake |
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| Some old videos
Pentagon open adult at Easterns 2007 in Providence, RI
Our open collegiate team at Easterns 07
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