I told you !!!

Exercise is bad for you !!!

SCENARIO ONE
Two weeks ago during skating class we were graded. So Cara and I passed Level 3. And then we got cocky ...

C : "Let's see how much of Level 4 we can do"
K : "C'mon ... it can't be that hard, right ?"
C : "Oooh look, we can already do three of the five requirements ... just have to learn to spin on one foot and ..."
K : "We can already do it on two, one must just be like this and then you lift a foot off the ground and ...... OOOOMPHH !!!"

I'm nothing if not persistent (I prefer the word persistent to the word stupid)

First time I hit the ice I thought : "Hrmmm ... toe picks !!"
Second time : "Gosh, this is harder than it looks"
Third time : "I'm going to be on Level 3 for the rest of my life"

Result : Wicked bruise right down my entire right thigh.


SCENARIO TWO
We've been playing squash a bit over the past few weeks. However, due to work and BBQ commitments, I haven't been down to the courts in a week or so. So we headed down for a few games on Sunday afternoon.

There are three of us playing ... taking it in turns to swap in and out each game depending on who's had enough at the time. Some time during my third game, when the score is about a gazillion to nil and I couldn't hit a ball even if you slowed it down and placed me right behind it, I started to become mildly annoyed (I may be understating things slightly) ...

The MOTH (bless his heart) is still offering encouragement and well intentioned advice. And as anyone who has ever been anywhere near a squash court knows ... "Control the T : control the game".

Unfortunately, when two solid objects attempt to occupy the same space, something has to give. When one of those objects is a squash racquet moving at high speed, and the other is the front of someone's face, there can only be one possible outcome ...

Result : I am thinking of having a badge made up that says "No, I am not a battered wife" ...