I decided yesterday to go try and skate and if I didn't enjoy it or feel motivated I was going to call it a day (I feel like have been flogging a dead horse, every time I feel like I'm getting somewhere something happens and I hardly skate for months / years ... Injury, Illness (others) etc)
I told my daughter this on the way to her rink and the look of horror on her face was really unexpected! She said maybe I could go back to my previous lesson rink (my fave) and she would move and try lessons there with me instead. I felt really bad that she would say that to keep me skating and give up her rink and coach for me
I was surprised that she was even bothered as it's been ages since we skated together TBH.
I told my husband what she said and he was confident even if I did decide to stop permanently, he knows I will go back to it again anyway so why give give up my decent skating stuff (and he is likely to be right)
I come up with a plan today.
I will do some leisure skate on my own and more importantly with mini me for fun up until New Year.
Then am going to try get a coach early New Year and start lessons (possibly start back at 3 turn level) Hopefully by then my back will be less problematic (I have been having Chiropractor twice week and the Sciatica is practically gone just my lower back pain now so am hopeful! Honestly, that guy has healing hands!!)
I think we both really need to start going back to having fun again like we used to. We both Skate better when we have fun and Mini has been sulky and frustrated with her skating lately so would be good for her to have chill time as well as her patch practice time.
I passed level 7 last set of lessons so I think with some much needed renewed motivation and work I actually will pass Skate UK next year?
Yes
I AM confident I can pass Skate UK next year.