I hadn’t been on the ice since break, and it was time. I grabbed an empty duffle bag that was sitting in my trunk. My skates were placed inside, along with my stick. And three pucks. I couldn’t loose them, because well they were all I had. I changed in to a hoodie and my jersey. And sweatpants. There was nothing more comfortable… right? I threw on my tennis shoes, and checked that I had stick tape and hockey gloves. When I had everything, I went down to the lake.
I went down, close but not too close. I swapped into my skates. And made sure the ice was alright. It looked fine, and wasn’t cracking or creaking when I put some weight on it, so I went for it with the pucks in my pocket and stick in hand. I was so glad to be here. I started with some simple skating exercises, just to warm up. I wanted to be super warmed up. It was too bad that Simon wasn’t here. He would make a great skating partner. And drill partner.
I continued to skate, and do drills, for a long time. I breathed heavier and heavier, wondering why. But I was out of shape. Really out of shape. I had been in such good shape before hogwarts, but not skating for a while took a toll on me. I hadn’t skated for awhile anyway. And the two times I went, I was just teaching someone. Not actually working out.
I stopped because of how tired I was. I was going to play in the summer, and teach a kids class. I need to be in shape for that. I knew one thing for sure, I would be out on the ice many other times this year.
