Urban Poly Princess

So I bought my skating band and rented my skates at Logan's Fun Park. There were some elementary school kids and high school boys. Also a few girls. No one really stayed very long. I asked the high school kid working there if they had a monthly rate and they don't but he said they have a meeting tomorrow where he will ask.

YES it made me feel stupid. They had some old school skates too. I decided to try the rollerblades first. Yes my balance was crap and it's amazing I made it to the rink from the lockers without toppling over. I skated around the edge slowly and where I could grab the edge-my training wall-sort of like training wheels! One side of the rink has chairs near the edge NOOOT a nice wall I can stick near. I sat down on the chairs and watched the skaters for a minute before inching my way through the area with the chairs to the other side of the rink. Two other women were in the old school skates. One of the women was having a hard time. I didn't fall down although I did feel extremely unsteady and several times I thought I would fall but I was always able to regain my balance as I continued to inch my way around.

There was some guy there that seemed to think he's good because he kept trying to do stuff but really he wasn't. NO ONE did anything impressive although I probably made them all think they were just phenomenal. People should NEVER assume things. No one would EVER guess what I was thinking. I was there by myself. I am so glad I care more about improving myself than I do about what other people are thinking of me. I decided to try on the old school skates but they were NOT good. At least now I know. They limit your movement. I tried on the skates I started with and did another slow round. Although I have a lot of work to do, I feel great about actually working on this. I will continue to go there EVERY DAY until I can skate as well as I used to and I have a huge advantage because I already sort of know what it's supposed to be like.

I went 1/2 hour late to the relief society activity. I wrote one card to an Elder. This is fantastic. I will skate every day and just go to other stuff late. I am loving my trying and improving. I don't care what anyone thinks about this unless it's my Father in Heaven and I'm pretty sure he's alright with it.

This is one of the best decisions I've ever made. My friend Marilyn who is an adjunct English teacher at Stevens-Henager College said she'll buy me a piano book. She told me to learn the notes first. She hasn't taught piano she said in a looong time. She told me to learn the notes first instead of thinking about beats per measure. Jen needs a simpler way to teach. I bet Marilyn was an amazing teacher. She said she'll pick up a book for me specifically for adults learning to play the piano.

I may have A LOT of work to do on the piano, singing, skating/regaining my balance, losing weight AND just cooking more-BUT I like that I'm developing my skills now and doing something about systematically overcoming all of these. I still want to become a certified Zumba instructor and teach classes regularly in Logan. Substituting an early morning Zumba class I teach for the DVD I do will be an excellent start. Tomorrow I need to circle the rink at least 3x, maybe 4. It is easier to skate when you have some speed. Instead I was moving VEEERY SLOWLY with my security wall right there. I need to increase my speed, I think it'll actually be easier. I'm just going to continue going there EVERY DAY but Sunday. I feel like this is something I never worked out that should've been taken care of almost immediately following my injury and subsequent recovery. There just aren't opportunities to do this AND I never thought this was an issue at all.

If feels fantastic to work on improving myself. I haven't prayed for specific opportunities to serve others. We're visiting Heidi Kupiec tomorrow. She was so sweet to help me last night. Based on my performance NO ONE would ever guess I could actually skate pretty well. The last time I did ANY skating was when I was a mentor and we took the kids to Classic skating. I didn't fall or anything. It was after my accident and I did feel unsteady. I remember wanting to practice. BUT that's when I was in school. It is sooo great to be DONE with school. When I was in school I always felt like I could've been making better use of my time.

I'm not an idiot. I thanked my chair for all her help and for pointing out a reference that I didn't include in the reference list although I did have the in-text citation.

I did include the page number in the APA manual and what it says about omitting interviews since there is no way for anyone to retrieve the data presented. She was kind and said to let her know as soon as I send the copies to her. It won't be here until Monday or Tuesday when I'll send these in. I'm excited to be done with this and I love the opportunities it opens for me. I love improving myself. I do need to pray for, notice and act on opportunities to serve.