This
really came to light in my second game this season. I was coming off
feeling pretty good my first game and I thought this season was going
to be better than I thought, and then my cockiness came back to haunt
me because I was a mess - I was sucking air big time
and I could barely skate. Just to rub salt in the wound, my son had
dryland practice during this time so he was watching me and told me
how bad I looked. Nothing like kids to tell call it like they see
it. I'm guessing he was a little embarrassed because he was surrounded by his teammates.
Not
that I really care what my kids say, because let's face it, no matter
how hard you try, your kids will always think you're a big dork. If
anything, that's sort of how it should be, don't you think? As long
as they do it respectfully. There are a lot of parents, and the
hockey world is chock full of them, who go out of their way to
impress their kids, and at some point you have to laugh at them and
realize that their trying to cling to the past. You have to let it go
and remind yourself you're not a kid anymore. If anything, trying so
hard to be a rock star is embarrassing, and I feel a little sorry for
them. Trying to impress a bunch of adolescent boys and girls is a
little sad, if not pathetic, but what do I know?
Anyway,
I decided to try to stay in shape. It used to be easy over summer
because we played ultimate frisbee and went trail riding regularly.
Now we're golfers and still ride a bit, but UF is a thing of the
past. We've been having a warm winter thus far so I've been doing the
power ride, and I set up a little exercise area in the barn. I've
been pretty into it, but we'll see how long this lasts. At the very
least I'm finally making good use of the jump rope that mom complains about because she thinks I
never use it.
Until
the next time, thanks for reading, and thanks to Andrew Malone for the pic.
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