stubsadventures

So many things sound like a good idea at first. You can really psych yourself up to believe that things are the greatest idea you’ve had in a long idea. Then, the dust settles and you shake your head and realize you’ve done it again. I have done it again.

My company is having a hockey game in two weeks, Site vs. Calgary. No girls from site were going to play this year, so I felt I had to step up. Women working in my industry isn’t as old school as it used to be but we are still seriously outnumbered. A girl HAD to play in this game and I felt like I could step up. This despite the fact that I have only ever played in one other game before and haven’t put on a pair of skates in seven years. Meh, no big deal right?

The only game I have ever played in was when my brother was playing in atom division. Their team tore it up that year, they won everything there was to win. Their coach recruited the moms on the team for a game but told the players that they were playing the top team from NB. While they were out on the ice getting ready for the game of their lives, the moms (and me and my best friend) were in the dressing room trying to figure out how to put on gear and deciding if we needed to wear a cup. When it was time to hit the ice, one of the moms lead us out with the bag pipes. Watching the boys stop one at a time and hearing them say, “dude, that’s your mom” over and over again was priceless. The game was full of laughs and cheating. My mom took a puck out of her pants, shot it into the net and they counted it, her name was even in the paper.

Now, I find myself playing against full-grown men for the company pride of taking back to site our replica Lord Stanley. To do this, I have bought brand new skates (terrible idea) and a helmet and have been skating on our outdoor rink at work, which means skates between -20c and the coldest night being about -35c. My feet get sore after ten minutes and I could barely remember which way I shot. Ok, so rough start to my training program.

Two weeks. I now have two weeks to make my site and just as important my family proud! I can smile my way through just about anything and if nothing else, this game will be full of bumps, bruises, trash talk that would make most people blush and lots of lots of smiles.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can… damn I hope that really works.

Stubs.