This was a crazy week full of ups and downs, excitements and disappointments, rises and falls. Hold on to your butts.
Registered! - Last Thursday evening, I registered for all three (yes, all three!) Preliminary Dance Tests! After about 5 weeks of dance training, I did well enough during our last lesson for Christopher to give me his blessing to register for all three dances. Pretty neat, right? I thought so. The day after I registered for the test, I had another lesson and we ran all three dances with the music. He doesn't hand out compliments very often so when he does, I know it's a big deal. He actually said that all three dances are not only passable at the Adult level but they would pass easily at the Standard level as well. Huge deal! I was excited and ready to kick some ass during the test session.
And then not! - Fast forward to Saturday morning and I get an email from the RMFSC President saying that, due to new COVID restrictions, they had to cancel the December 4th test session. Ugh, super bummer! The whole reason why I rushed to learn these dances was because I was worried that if I waited to take them after the new year, there wouldn't be any test sessions because of COVID. Alas, it happened anyway. Whatever, I'm still going to practice them and make sure they are beautiful for when I do get a chance to test them. It's disappointing because I wanted to end the year on a high note but this just means perhaps I can begin the new year on a high note instead (and I think we will need all the high notes we can get next year). During my practice, I skated all three dances (solo, because I wasn't in a lesson) with the music. I ran each dance twice and they felt good. I think they may have looked good as well.
And then OUCH! - After I ran all of my dances, I spent the second half of the session working on field moves. Everything was going well until I got the to Eight Step Mohawks. I ran the move once in its entirety and it was the smoothest I've ever done it. It wasn't perfect but for the first time it didn't feel like a struggle. So I bumped it up a notch and started to run it again but this time trying to keep my feet closer together on the outside mohawk as Christopher instructed. Well, mission accomplished because I got my feet so close together that I actually stepped on my blade and went down SUPER hard! I have had plenty of falls while skating but I have to say that this was the worst fall I've ever had! It was so hard and so sudden that it literally knocked the snot out of me (sorry for the TMI but it's reality). I sat on the ice stunned for a few seconds while I went through my rolodex of body parts thinking about whether or not anything was broken. I figured I would only know if I got up so I stood up and my left butt cheek muscle was hella painful! I skate-limped over to the boards to evaluate further but I eventually ended my session early and got off the ice. I got into the locker room and realized that the pain was so bad that I couldn't bend over to untie my skates. I thought about calling my husband to come get me but eventually I managed (through some tears, not gonna lie) to get my skates off and go home. I took some Motrin and iced the hell out of it but ultimately decided against going to the ER. It's sad to admit but I unfortunately know what broken bones feel like as well as a muscle tear. While it hurt pretty badly, nothing seems torn or broken. Don't ever step on your blade while skating. I guarantee you won't like it. :(
So yeah, it was a roller coaster of a week. Ugh.
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