The rink has felt awkward lately. There's just a general awkward, strange, silent vibe going through the building. I think people know what happened, or have some clue, but no one wants to acknowledge it. Those that have details aren't talking and those who are in the dark probably want to stay there. Honestly, as someone who seems more in tune to emotional undercurrents, I've been dreading going to the rink for the past week.
But I've always lived by the "fake it till you make it" mantra. None of it affected us directly so what really do I have to complain about? So things are awkward, so what? Keep going.
I talked about things with my Neutral Third Party (who knows no one at the rink) over lunch on Tuesday and I felt better. The waiter brought us the House Salsa and some on the house beverages to wash the hot-as-lava vegetable mix down, and all was right again. (Carrots should never be that hot.)
Newly resolved, Stitch and I went to Practice Ice last night.
And we had fun. I talked with my rink friends about the upcoming show, Stitch had his lesson (lots of sit spins and jumps), we laughed a lot and wasted a fair amount of time, but I felt it was okay in light of how weird the past week had been. My rink friends are determined that I be in the show. I assured them that it would be a cold day in hell before that happened, then I remembered where I was.
Stitch and I headed home, and as much as I have high hopes for evenings after Practice Ice, both of us are too shot to do much but drink hot chocolate and watch TV. So that's what we did; watching Esteban, Zia and Tau search for the Mysterious Cities of Gold on Netflix.
This morning I found two wet little boy socks in my jacket pocket, and an errant glove. Now that I know his number, I'll put Stitch's rehearsal schedule on the family calendar, and this weekend we may be cleaning the Costume Room. Or, at least we need to before work starts on Winter Show.
Literature, movies, TV shows, they all have us spoiled by their endings. The Ends are always neat, wrapped up nicely and clearly defined. But in real life, that doesn't happen. It doesn't happen that way because nothing ever really ends. It just keeps going, for better, for worse, like it or not, one foot in front of the other.
My Rink Friend expressed some desire to see me step up more at the Rink. I said I'd do whatever was needed of me. Again, for all my crabbing on this blog, I wouldn't be doing this if I truly hated it. I really do like spandex and glitter, wet blades, bad spills, high egos and drama. If it weren't for the crazy in my life, I'd be pretty bored. And let me tell you, Rink Life comes pretty darn close to working the exotic animal show when it comes to the ridiculous factor.
I still miss the exotic animal show. Lion pee, possum puke and all.
Life would be very dull without rink drama. Good, bad, or otherwise, it does keep things interesting.
ReplyDeleteMea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I'll say 3 Hail Peggy's and it will all be better. ;)
ReplyDelete"awkward, strange, silent"
ReplyDeleteAwkward and strange because of what happened, silent because regionals are over. As far as I know, none of our regionals skaters are going on to sectionals.
You SHOULD be in the show, not because it is fun to be in the show but because the rehearsals are hilarious. Also it is cheap.
T Sedai, you're very right. We need some excitement in our lives!
ReplyDeleteXan, don't sweat it. I just prefer things happy all the time, but it rarely works out that way. Things will settle.
AMS, I looked at Regionals results and they were pretty depressing. Hopefully that will be all the more incentive to work harder this year.
I was all depressed until the "cold day in hell" reference made me crack up, oh boy. ITA with AMS that the adult number is great, especially knowing who is running it. Although I never saw the liquor Xan talked about *cough cough*, we usually have great food ;)
ReplyDeleteMy biggest complaint about the rink is that there is no bar within walking distance.
ReplyDeleteSt. L you gotta skate in the show, just for the hilarious blog posts this would generate.
ReplyDeleteThere should be a bar IN the rink, ON the ice...
ReplyDeleteA skate up bar, now THERE'S an awesome idea!!
ReplyDeleteSkate Mom I agree with Xan, please do the show so you can blog about it. :)
I was in a rink in Wake Forest, NC that had a bar in it. Best. Skating. Rink. Ever. ;-)
ReplyDeleteGuys, I *am* in the show! Just not on skates! And if anyone wants to join me at the nearest bar after curtain, I'm game!
ReplyDeleteRemember your theatre history classes? (At least, I'm assuming you had to take those too...) And remember back when Realism was the new big thing? Ibsen had it right when Nora walked out the door, slamming it behind her - life doesn't end with neat resolutions. There are always unanswered questions after the lights go down and the curtains close. Too bad this makes society so uncomfortable that we feel the need to be reassured by a television set showing us that the good end happily and the bad unhappily, and all those trailing lose ends get tied up into neat little bows before the credits can roll.
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