A Month of Firsts: Part 2

Finding Love in the most random places

When does one know they're in love? For me, it's when I'm at work, and i can only think of one thing; it's when i live my life waiting for the next encounter; thinking constantly about how i can be better... to me, this is how i know im in love. This time, love came from the most unexpected place, in the most unexpected way.
At first, I just admired it from afar. "Do i have what it takes?" i asked myself. "If i were to step up, would i be able to maintain some dignity?" well, after a bit of hesitation, i decided that i should just take the leap, and see what happens. So, with stick in hand and blade under foot, i set foot onto a hockey rink for my first time ever. it was sheer bliss! after a bit of warm up and a brief skating clinic, i was launched into my first couple games of what i hope will be many, and after meriting a couple bruises, and even a couple goals, i knew it was love!

Since my first encounter a lot has happened in my hockey love affair; After only my 3rd week, i was handed my first suspension for a BIG hit (is it wrong that im proud of that? haha), and i was even told that same evening that i need to move up into an intermediate league! I was quite flattered considering that i was playing with people that had been in that league for months, and here i am, only 5 games under my belt, and i was already being promoted :) .

Splitting the defense after retrieving the puck from a faceoff (im in the red pants)

Just a bit of warm-up before the game...

More warm-ups...

A Month of Firsts: Part 1

Amidst the confusion of life, one thing is ever constant: there is a first for everything.
I always swore I would never keep a blog; never give people a window into the monotony that is my life. Fortunately (or unfortunately; however you choose to see it,) things happen. The winds of change come, and sweep us ever so swiftly out of the doldrums of life, and into an active, and sometimes storming sea.
So with the gentle breeze of change, and a bit of persuasion from a close friend or two, I was convinced to look ahead in life, and see the potential for many changes, be they storms, new ports, or a new set of hands on deck, and be ready and able to document them for friends and family to see.
March has already been quite an eventful month; a month that has brought many firsts along with it; firsts that i will write about another time :)

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