Things we need to bring with us: child, present, skates, helmet (without a cage unfortunately), hockey stick, jersey, hockey gloves, snow pants, and a positive attitude. I am hoping the kids keep this low key because while my child knows how to skate, she learned via the ringette team, she doesn’t play hockey competitively, nor does she practice all that much. I think she has skated four times this year, and none of that with gloves, sticks or pucks involved. Should be a hoot to watch! Ha.
Found my other daughter’s helmet, and scavenged the screws so I could attach my oldest’s cage for errant hockey puck safety. Never can tell with these pre-teen boys if they’re going to play by the rules or escalate until somebody gets hurt. If I see anybody body check my kid at a birthday party game of shinny they’re going home in a cast, or with a severe limp. I kid you not. It won’t be permanent but it’ll hurt in the moment, and for a little while after. Ha!
Saturday is here, oh glorious Saturday. Hard to believe nearly all nine days of the March Break have come, and gone. Like a flask. Poof! Fetus Deletus of an entire week out of the month. Perhaps next week will quiet down, or perk up, who knows, hard to say. But I’m going to enjoy my Saturday as much as I am able to. I still have some hope we might get out to a movie this evening, just my wife and I. Although the forecast does show more freezing rain tonight. Damn. Double damn. Thwarted by the weather — again.
Let us pray for no injuries at this hockey party on the rink. Have a wonderful day. Ciao Bella.
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