A skating post
May. 18th, 2021 10:15 pmBut first, the album of garden photos on Facebook I finally made public. I update it 2-4 times a month, or whenever I have something new to share.
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After seven years (more or less, with long interruptions), I may finally be making progress on my back spins. For the first time, I managed to spin, very briefly, on the outside edge of my right blade, which is where you're supposed to be spinning. In the past, I was spinning on the inside edge, which inevitably sent me tumbling toward my center of gravity in short order. I can still only manage one revolution at best, but--progress.
The other day I did the most centered forward layback spin I've ever spun. I was so pleased I took a picture of the tracing.
Jumps are still terrifying. I can sometimes, but not always, get off the ground on waltz jumps and salchows, but have not yet worked up the courage to try toe loops.
My three turns are lost lambs and I wish they would come home already. I only have the easiest, the left forward outside. The rest of the forwards I can mostly do when P is watching, and they completely fall apart when she's not. The backwards ones are best not spoken of. I understand what I'm doing wrong, but can't make my body behave.
I worked on power pulls with P today and she had me try some going backwards holding my hands behind my back. Hoo boy, I did not realize how much I was using my shoulders and arms for balance. Nothing like not being able to adjust your shoulders to make you realize you are, in fact, balancing on four millimeters of steel and if you don't put your other foot down right now things are going to end very badly indeed. On the other hand, for the Moves test you're not supposed to use your shoulders to stay balanced and move between edges, only your knee, so it's a good exercise. Just horrifying.
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Although everyone who's going to be vaccinated has been by now, we're all still working at home. I have the impression my department...isn't going back, or at least isn't going back more than like, one day a week. (Let's just say that last summer, we got a survey asking if we eventually wanted to go back full time or only three days a week. Then this winter, we got a survey asking if we wanted to go back two or no days per week.) Or perhaps everyone's waiting for the new semester. I've heard rumblings of a town hall to address this question soon. I'd very much like to keep working from home, so I hope we get to continue it.
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After seven years (more or less, with long interruptions), I may finally be making progress on my back spins. For the first time, I managed to spin, very briefly, on the outside edge of my right blade, which is where you're supposed to be spinning. In the past, I was spinning on the inside edge, which inevitably sent me tumbling toward my center of gravity in short order. I can still only manage one revolution at best, but--progress.
The other day I did the most centered forward layback spin I've ever spun. I was so pleased I took a picture of the tracing.
Jumps are still terrifying. I can sometimes, but not always, get off the ground on waltz jumps and salchows, but have not yet worked up the courage to try toe loops.
My three turns are lost lambs and I wish they would come home already. I only have the easiest, the left forward outside. The rest of the forwards I can mostly do when P is watching, and they completely fall apart when she's not. The backwards ones are best not spoken of. I understand what I'm doing wrong, but can't make my body behave.
I worked on power pulls with P today and she had me try some going backwards holding my hands behind my back. Hoo boy, I did not realize how much I was using my shoulders and arms for balance. Nothing like not being able to adjust your shoulders to make you realize you are, in fact, balancing on four millimeters of steel and if you don't put your other foot down right now things are going to end very badly indeed. On the other hand, for the Moves test you're not supposed to use your shoulders to stay balanced and move between edges, only your knee, so it's a good exercise. Just horrifying.
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Although everyone who's going to be vaccinated has been by now, we're all still working at home. I have the impression my department...isn't going back, or at least isn't going back more than like, one day a week. (Let's just say that last summer, we got a survey asking if we eventually wanted to go back full time or only three days a week. Then this winter, we got a survey asking if we wanted to go back two or no days per week.) Or perhaps everyone's waiting for the new semester. I've heard rumblings of a town hall to address this question soon. I'd very much like to keep working from home, so I hope we get to continue it.
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