Well, at least this Christmas rates up there. Yeah, yeah, deck the halls and all that but really, in my self-centered world, the best present of all is my return to the ice.After five and a half months of being injured, I finally played in a game last Saturday!
I felt out of sync, out of shape, and out of step but I didn't care. It felt great. It felt weird. It felt like the mother ship calling me home. My thoughts raced on every shift:
"Wow, this feels weird, playing full speed again. Wait, face the play... what are you doing? Don't turn your back to the puck! Have you forgotten everything Coach Lance has taught you?! Hey look, I'm skating okay, well sort of. Oops, that move wasn't so slick. Maybe I shouldn't have gotten my skates sharpened my first game back. But my knee feels okay. Wait, don't think about your knee. Just don't think about it - go for the puck, there it is. Bend your knees. Stay low. Your team is losing, do something!"
In the end, we lost 0-3 and the team didn't play so well. Needless to say, I wished for a different outcome. I wanted to be a hero - score a couple of goals and assists, block a couple of shots and maybe achieve world peace while I was at it, but I only managed to put up one good shot and that missed wide. I also got mad at a girl that boarded me so I wrapped her in a momentary head lock.
Ahh, hockey... how I've missed you so.
Merry Christmas!
11 players in the box:
Congratulations on your return Kristi, you really rocked the rehab!
And nothing says world peace like a head lock.
Wow, full speed on sharp skates your first game back? Once again, I bow to you, my jockly heroine.
Be careful out there. I mean it.
Girl in a headlock? Honey, that's Christmas, Fourth of July, and a million birthdays all rolled up into one!
Congratulations and Merry Christmas!! I'm so happy for you. Great work.
Hey, at least you are back in the game. Who could ask for a better Christmas present? Merry Christmas, GETkristiLOVE! ;o)
Maybe one day you can put me in a headlock. I'm more a roller derby type, but we are one in ho-ness fo shizzel, which brings me to what I came over to say, "Happy Ho-Days, Kristi!"
Yay!
Hey, I think I taught you that headlock.
CONGRATS on being back on the ice!!!!!
The universe seemed out of sync without you on the ice. I think this news bodes well for the new year.
Post a Comment