Skating update

I think I've progressed to the point where I'm just terrible instead of completely abysmal. (I don't know why I'm not just tweeting that, since it's so short, but there ya go.)

The first 15 minutes or so are still brutal. Then my feet go numb and everything's swell in that regard.

I'll readily admit that I don't know what I'm doing. Sure, push off with one foot to go forward, but that doesn't quite work for me. Taking little steps until I find myself gliding a foot or two? That works. I think I might still be rolling my ankles out a bit. From time to time I'll shift my weight or put a foot down a certain way, and I can feel that something's different in how I move, but I can't discover how to do it on purpose. I'm all for the trial-and-error method of figuring things out, except in this case, error can lead to bruises and a massive headache, so I'm less inclined to be daring.

But the point of the story is I worked up the nerve to go to Headwater by myself and I didn't look completely stupid out there. #winning

Redesign

Since Blogger has some new templates out, I thought I'd tweak the design here a bit. Really this just gives me an excuse to make a new banner.

Maybe I should give actual blogging about something a try again. One thing at a time, though. Redesign! To the Photo Shop!