Early on during Jackie’s first ice skating experience (in the past 10 years) I noticed that she was only using one of her legs to gain speed while the other leg was just used to glide her along. When I noticed her skateboard like style of ice skating I tried to fix it. All of the pushing coming from her left leg and the constant weight of her body on the right leg made her get tired quickly. I started to evaluate her technique as we went around the ice rink. She attempted to use both feet but was now used to her unique technique. We had lots of fun skating together! It was first quite hard for her, but she is a very fast learner. After the ice skating, we ended the evening at Clyde's in Reston Town Center with her family.
About one week after our first ice skating adventure together, we were invited out to on of our favorite restaurants. Katerina's is a Greek restaurant located in Manassas, VA (you have to order the gyro). We had a great dinner there with some great friends. We all decided it would be best to keep moving after such a large meal.
Following dinner, we all decided to go ice skating across the street. It was a nice ice skating rink that seemed to be a very popular teen-aged kids. This gave Jackie a chance to perfect her new skill!
Jackie first started off pushing only with one leg like she had taught herself before. This still unique technique made her tire quickly. She then asked me, “How do I push with both feet?”. I tried to explain the best I could. I told her to use both feet to push to the side so that you would use the edge of the skate as traction. Being the athlete she is, she quickly mastered the skill! She was zipping around the rink like a pro!
But the night was not over yet and the best was yet to come!
A quick stop at 7-11 got each of us a big cup of hot coco (thank you Cory). With the sweet taste in our mouths we were ready to set off on our journey. Jackie was navigating us to our first destination. We had multiple destinations that night all of them were heavily decorated houses full of Christmas lights.
Some lights were more creative than others. Some looked like they were more centered around Easter (the death of Jesus) rather than Christmas (Jesus’s birth). Great effort though.
After driving about 50 miles we had finally seen enough and everyone was ready to call a quits. It was a great evening with great friends, food, ice skating, and Christmas decor!
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