Saturday, November 4, 2017

Ice Skating 102: Blister 2, Shauna 1

Every Saturday morning is now a mad rush to the rink for some practice before class. I think I should stop my slow mo-ing.

When getting out of the house, Lil Shauna suddenly decided to wear her Heelys. I bought those last year from Amazon and she was complaining that they were too big and difficult to Heelys in. After shelving them for months, she decided to give them another go. It took her a while to remember how to roll in them. She used to be so good with them and could do different tricks in her Heelys. 

We now have to spend time tapping the gel before wearing her skates. Last week, she ended up with blue black on one of her shins. Maybe I tied her boots too hard. Bcos the gel shifted last week and still resulting in blisters, I decided to tape around her feet this time so that the gel will be secured. Right after wearing her skates, Lil Shauna complained that "it feels werid". 

She was very jelly like today. I have no idea why. Soon after, she complained that she was getting pins and needles on the bigger foot and the other foot was feeling sore right when the tape was. I had to readjust and loosen the tape, hoping that it would help.

At least she survived the lesson after we adjusted the tape. It was spinning day and Coach Raymond worked on her sit spin. She ended up falling on the ice after every sit spin. Well, we will slowly get there. 

Coach Raymond also remarked how jelly she was after class. It must be one of her off form days. Lil Shauna was dying to get off the ice after class but I insisted that she practice a little bit more after ice resurfacing. It was afterall so rare that she didn't complain about blister pain after class. 

All in all, she was on ice for about 1 hr 20 mins today. I was eager to check her feet at the end - NO blister! Hehehe. The gel shifted a little but at least there was no blisters! I hope it means that we are getting there. Please!!!!

Mummy Lim

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