Getting up at the ass crack of dawn on both Saturday and Sunday makes it seem like it's not really a weekend. Coached the Jr Girls Sharks at 7 am Saturday -- they're a great bunch of skaters, a ton of fun to work with. The parents were happy to see a woman coach out there with them. I'm hoping they're so happy with my gender that they don't notice that some of their daughters skate better than I do, especially at 7 am! I had no idea I was a hard ass but when I saw some girls laying down on the ice, I skated over and told them to GET UP!! It should be loads of fun though.

Saturday night I coached the women's league, adding to my coaching mania for the weekend. That was fun too. More tiring than I would've imagined.

Sunday was the PAWSSF fun run. Amy, Zeus and I completed the 5k walk in a not so respectable 55 minutes, sprinting at the end for emphasis. They handed out bandanas, we put Zeus' on him but it was way too big so Amy got the bright idea to put his on his head like a lovely kerchief, making him pose for photos while we laughed so hard we nearly needed a Poise ® pad. He was a trooper for the whole thing, even when he got cold and overwhelmed. We took him to a sunny spot to warm him up as some freaky excersize person led us in stretches that encouraged one dog to hump her person from behind. It was a tall dog so the sight was something to behold.

Warmup person

After a brief power nap, I was off to the first Red game of the season. My hand-picked team is largely people I know and enjoy playing with. That leaves us a little short on powerhouses but sure to have a good time. We played a mini-tournament of 2 games and lost both. However, two good things happened: my new #1 jersey came in so I got to start the season with Alice's number. This gave me the skillz to SCORE A GOAL!!! The drought is over!!! I was a scoring center!! Woo!!