Chapter 1

The Suburban House Wife Hockey Chronicles
Chapter 1
Friday November 6, 2009
Song of the week: Beautiful Day by U2
Pre-game
Okay I have just finished taping my hockey stick, woody. I think I did a respectable job. If your wondering what I'm talking about well. I joined a ladies hockey team! Yes I know I haven't skated in 30 years and I've never skated on boys skates but these are minor details. I'm on the ice at noon. I'll let you know how it goes. BTW @#!@#$ is on the team; I'm wondering if I can accidently on purpose slam her into the boards? Tee Hee Hee
Post-game
I'm alive. No major bruises but I think I landed wrong the first time I went down and took the wind out of me. Second time I went down I did better. By the third fall I think I have the move down. Not a whole lots of laughs the first time out as we were all concentrating too much.

The team can be divided into three groups. 1 - Okay but not WNHL material. About 5 girls qualify. 2 - The middle ground, some skating skills no hockey experience, about 10-12 fall into this category. 3- Holy crap, they're gonna hurt themselves bunch, which is where I find myself. There are about 5 of us. It's rather humiliating and humbling because I am athletic but this is a whole other kettle of fish.

Thoughts:
My youngest is a great little hockey player, this is not easy.
The gear isn't as cumbersome as I thought it would be. It's actually nice to have when you’re hitting the ice.
The skates are great my feet don't hurt but I miss not having picks.
Mouth guards are hard to skate with.
My used gear STINKS!!!!
This was the first time a spent a whole hour at the RNS rink that I wasn't the least bit cold.
My BFF chickened out. She sends me in on recon and then comes in when the lay of the land has been studied.