March 11, 2006

• I believe I can safely deem the group ice skating idea a dismal failure.  

  Arrived at the ice rink and managed to get myself laced into a pair of
  skates.  This took a goodish while, as the first pair were too
  large, and in any case I’ve never been able to figure out how to get
  them laced up tightly.  Soon’s you let go of the tautened strings
  they loosen.  However, eventually I realized this was as good as
  they were gonna get and awkwardly made my way to an entrance to the
  rink itself, a couple of minutes past the lesson’s start time.

  Hmmm…..which of the groups of older-looking people (“older” being a
  relative term, as mostly there were children on the ice) might be the
  class?  After another few minutes I snagged a woman holding a
  clipboard, who cheerfully pointed out several young ladies gathered
  together on the opposite side of the rink. 

  She kindly advised me, before skating off to take her own class, to
  take small steps, hold onto the rail, and if I feel myself falling,
  lean forward and grab my knees.  She also mentioned all the other
  adult class members had skated before.

  After three minutes I wasn’t even a quarter of the way around the rink,
  and the spot where the class was looked as distant as the moon.

  Nothing like having to swim to one’s first swimming class! 

  I fear Sister Bernadette Marie was correctomundo all those years ago at
  Nolan, and I have no persistance, for I gave the whole thing up as
  being hopeless.  The other class members  weren’t terrific,
  but hey, they could at least skate forward, and one or two could even
  manage backwards.  Then there was me, hanging onto the rail like
  grim death, unable to arrive at the class at all.

  Naturally I was told to get a refund would require talking to the manager on Monday….he doesn’t work on the weekends. 

  Trouble is, I’d still like to skate.  Wonder if the refund could
  be applied to private lessons instead?  Those are also offered, I
  noticed.  Maybe take private lessons first, then switch to group?   

  • 2:28 pm
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