Ok, the Rolling Lane was quiet because I went on vacation, to Colorado. And it was beautiful, warm (warmer than Chicago this winter), and a lot of fun. I did four physical activities (I hesitate to say sports, because that would surely be an overstatement) in four days. I skied for the first time since 8th grade, snowshoed, ice skated and cross country skied. Oh, and did I mention I fell? A lot? Due to skating I somehow am no longer extremely afraid to fall. That is amazing.
Skiing: Really fun. Aced the lesson. I can do a plowstop. Then went down a "green" slope that was much too hard for me (they are not really listed in order of difficulty and there is a wide disparity in the difficulty). I think I fell about 6 times before I gave up, and the cute ski patrol guy (very cute) helped me down by pulling me in a sled to the top of the next lift. Well my knee did hurt. I was totally freaked out by the speeding skiers and snowboarders literally whizzing by me. Especially after a guy skiing 3 times faster than me almost ran straight into me! It gave me many funny stories and was much more entertaining than if I had stayed on "my" part of the mountain. I would do it again, but would be much more careful about where I ski.
Snowshoeing: No falling actually, and fun. A "officially" hates snowshoeing, but that's ok, she feels that way about hiking too (and the kids snow shoes were very inferior to the adults). I would love to go snowshoeing around here through the woods or on a forest preserve trail. What a nice way to see the woods in winter.
Ice skating: G and A appeared to be their usual non-skating selves until I invented the game "catch the mommy". Once they caught me, I would pull them back to their ice palace. Nothing entices my children like the idea of a free ride. I hadn't been on ice skates much since I started roller skating, and I got very comfortable, very fast. So comfortable in fact that I forgot to be afraid to fall. I fell twice in the slush at the edge of the pond on my butt and remember why I wear wristguards, and once really hard on both my knees. They are bruised and hurt. Kneepads, kneepads, kneepads! We had the skates for four hours and took one hot cocoa/snack break. Amazing! However, you know you've been learning roller derby when you say to your 8 year old, "Wanna push me?". Ooops.
Then we went Cross Country Skiing, the winter sport of choice for Mr. Doll. I took a one hour lesson, fell once, totally freaked out at the first hill we were supposed to go on (I decided that knowing snow plows in four sports starts to get confusing....). I did really like it though and look forward to doing it some more (somewhere flat) when I'm not totally sore and bruised.
We got back and started in the groove of things. I got a wonderful massage today which helped me feel like a new woman. Ahhh....I will try to stay upright for the remainder of the week.
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