I had a 3 week hiatus from derby. I took the first Thursday in June off to pack for my trip back to Canada. Surprised my grandparents with a visit and then saw my aunt (the daughter of the grandmother who died in May)
It was a whirlwind trip, but it was great to see family again.
Upon return to the East, I was too jet lagged to attend Sunday practice (getting into town 90 minutes before practice began). Monday night was spent doing laundry, groceries and watching game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals. On Thursday I fully intended to go to practice, but I was just exhausted and wound up in bed by 8pm.
Sunday was my first practice in the month of June. It was kind of awkward, because my other fresh meat buddies were either practicing with the vets (having passed their minimum skills tests) or testing on the final few skills they needed to perfect in order to pass. Sunday was also a recruitment night in our league, where I think about 8 new fresh meat girls joined. I sort of floated around near them for a bit, but I ended up leaving early since I was tired.
Monday night I practiced with the new meat girls and it was a little frustrating to me that most of them are already so good, and I've been here three months and still can't do a crossover.
Still, I know it will be good to keep practicing with them and hopefully I will be able to do the minimums in September and pass them.
The good news is, that having been on the team for 3 months, I was able to submit my name and number, although I won't be able to use it until after I pass minimums! just another reason to keep pushing on!!!
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