February Blah

So most of February I've been sick.  First a cold, then a SKIN INFECTION, which was so gross I am still disturbed by it, and then I came down with another cold (or maybe a sinus infection, I'm not sure).  So, I haven't been posting.  But some exciting news:

My new skates arrived, and they really are beautiful.  If I had a camera I'd show them off a little.  But I don't, so...  there you go.

I wore them to my first full practice with them and have a couple of blisters, but I can tell when these things break in they are going to be sweet.  Is it bad I already wish I had gotten the narrow heel?

Upcoming blog posts may include my crappy job, sock monkies, and unicorns.

New Skates, Part Deux

After much waiting... more waiting.

But this time for something a little more exciting: they are being shipped out today!  And I've seen a picture of them as they will be (more or less) and they look like the are made with awesome sauce!

To recap, we were waiting on pivot cups to arrive...  And they didn't come in the expected shipment, and then the next shipment was delayed... And they weren't in that either.  Life, you make me crazy!

But my awesome awesome skate supplier came up with a solution.  The nitty gritty details are these: the pivot cups are for converting the plates from 45*SA trucks to 45*DA trucks, which will be far more awesome.  So hence the wait.  But now, due to mondo delay, the skates will ship as 45*SA with the DA trucks on the side, so I will get them sooner and skate my little heart out, and the pivot cups will ship when they arrive so I can swap out the trucks and get the awesome DA action.  Woot!

And my gross skin infection is going away so I will be looking more normal sometime soon.

As if that wasn't enough, today was really good weather to commute on my bike to work, and I wasn't really late.