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This weekend turned out pretty good… Wagner found this shaded pond off of Glade Rd which is really nice… the ice there is pretty thick, about 8 to 10 inches… and there is a nice row of pine trees which help keep it shaded…

So we went out on saturday and passed the puck around a bit… i didn’t have skates at the time so i just pretty much stood in one place trying not to fall which i did once… it was fun.. first time every playing with a puck on ice… it is definitely a lot different that roller hockey… the puck moves a lot faster and there is obviously less friction than on concrete… it is a lot of fun…

After playing hockey on saturday we went back to Wagner’s apartment where he has NHL center ice, which is awesome btw, and watched the penguins/maple leafs game which the penguins won… they play the blackhawks on wednesday which is wagners favorite team, so i will be over there watching some hockey and crosby make some awesome passes…

One of Wagner’s roommates was at home this weekend and was able to stop at play it again sports and pick up some ice skates for himself and me… so today we went out there and i was able to skate some… ice skating is something I definitely need some practice at… i can almost sorta stop… the skates that i have are a bit small so i think if i had more comfortable skates i would be good to go… during the summer i am going to go to the iceplex and try and skate some… get a little practice in for next winter if the pond freezes over again… apparently this pond hasnt frozen over in about 5 years… there was this older guy there and his son taking care of the ice on saturday… we helped him fill in some of the cracks and what not… so i now know how to maintain and create a pond hockey rink…

AFter hockey today i just came back and did some homework and am now about to go take a shower and get some sleep… good night…

J!