Whoever thought that trying to pick one foot up and put it over the other while moving in a backwards fashion could be so difficult? I thought that after nearly 6 months of skating, I should be able to do this by now. Why are plateaus so hard to overcome? When I’m climbing a long flight of stairs, I typically don’t mind that flat part in the middle that goes straight for a while before the stairs begin again. It’s a nice break just when you’re starting to get tired of ascending. Perhaps more flights of stairs with that flat part in the middle should be decorated with benches and flowers and fountains and visitors’ guides to encourage us to dawdle for a bit. Doherty Hall could use this. I get so engrossed in climbing and reaching the top I often forget I’m supposed to be having fun on the way up. Maybe I should just be happy that I can hockey stop on both sides now. By the way, we went to Ko Sports on the way to clinic tonight to get our skates sharpened, and they just couldn’t stop trying to sell Bizzy a Montreal jersey. I think that’s hilarious.

Thank you Superstar for sharing your heart and the strawberry mousse.