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So it Begins…

November 7, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

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This morning I discovered that Ontario has adult figure skating competitions. (I’d been told that Canada discontinued adult competitions)

Taking a minute to go through mentally working out just how much work would have to happen in order for me to be able to skate.

I don’t even know if I could wear my skates, without it triggering a gout attack.

… but HOLY SHIT, THEY ALLOW VOCAL MUSIC NOW?!

Flying spins – my favourite – are banned from what I would assume to be my level, though. BOO.

Still… I can still smell the rink air – in my head – from that trip to Don Cherry’s a few months ago.

I should probably see if going back is even a possibility.

In some weird timing, my Spoonflower sample order arrived this morning.

A while back – like two months, maybe? – I got it in my head to recreate the plaid fabric design from my last competition dress, from like… 1997?

The sample arrived today, and it was PERFECT:

A square of brightly coloured plaid spandex being held up in front of a steering wheel.

Couldn’t wait, tore into that package right there in my car!

I dunno, that arriving just a couple hours after I learned about competitions being a thing for adults here… feels like a sign.

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I skated as a kid, and have been making the long, rough road back as an adult.

This time, I have a husband to drag along with me :)

I started back in early 2019, and ran into dual roadblocks in 2020 - the pandemic, and being severely crippled by FOUR PILLS of Ciprofloxacin - an antibiotic that destroyed most of the tendons in both of my feet.

Oh, and pancreatic cancer. Fun stuff.

I've learned to walk again, and in October 2021, I started back. Again.

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