My elbows and shins are covered in bumps and bruises. Okay, just bumps, but it sounds better if you say bumps and bruises together.
Last night I tried a sport I have never tried before--Broom Hockey. For our last church activity of the semester we went to Seven Peaks Ice Arena to play this wonderful game. I confess, my preconceived thoughts of this event were a little skeptical. For one, I thought we were really going to play with brooms, so I was wondering where we would acquire all of the brooms. Second, someone told me that we were just going to play in our normal shoes. That was a little bit of a downer for two reasons: first, I love and was looking forward to ice-skating, second, I thought running around on ice with only shoes was one of the stupidest things I'd ever heard. Actually, I take that back, because I've run and played on the Mississippi River in the middle of January before. But, for 75 people I thought this sounded like a disaster waiting to happen.
We got to the rink and I was anxious to see what everyone would look running around on the ice. As I approached the ice and looked out at everybody I was surprised to see everyone doing just fine and having a blast. That caught me off guard, so I took my first step onto the ice and it wasn't slick at all. . . or so I thought.
We started a game and I was playing goalie. Things were going pretty well and we were having a great time . . . then I switched positions with another guy. Things went downhill from there. I was trying to move around faster than anybody else, something I wouldn't recommend. That simply resulted in me falling the most. I'm glad I could be that person for a night. For most people I think, falling as much as I did would in some way damage their self esteem, but I really don't mind at all, so I was glad to take that burden.
Despite all the falls, and dirty play by one of my roommates, I actually had a wonderful time! Sliding around and laughing with dozens of people is a great activity. I like doing big group activities with people I only know a little bit, because it makes it so much easier to get to know them fast.
It was a great and I can't wait to do it again!
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