I decided yesterday to go back into skating. I can’t do it right away of course, but when my body has healed properly and I can start skating again. I will have lost a lot of stuff, and I doubt I can even pull off a decent single Axel. Mostly it will be because of fear of falling and hurting myself over again, I think. And then I haven’t really been skating since February.

I will not, however, go into standard track again, that would be mental suicide. No, I am going to go into the Adult Circuit. And start over. From the very beginning. I need to build up my trust and skills again, and I think starting over would be a good non-pressure way of doing it. If I was going to jump back into standard track, I would have to go to USFSA and get my tests translated and all kinds of complicated things, so I’d rather start over. Which means, that I will really start from the very beginning with the Adult Pre-Bronze tests. This is the test my husband tried taking in the fall, a test I should be able to do with my eyes closed. My goal is to have taken up to Silver by Christmas and maybe go into a small Adult competition in December. I’m not going to get a coach, it’s just expensive and unnecessary since I’ve taught the things myself. I’ll be using Youtube and USFSA’s website to learn the moves and find out what they mean in English. I already know what music I’ll be using for my Silver program http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyCRJmerW1Q 

I think this is a good opportunity to slowly get back into skating. I will also be helping Sarah and Catie trying to pass their Pre-Preliminary tests. They want to compete collegiate, and I promised to help. It’s going to be tough for them, very tough, but I believe in them. The Pre-Pre is a hard test to take, and they only started skating less than a year ago.

I will probably do four tests at once when I test, if we have the money. both the Pre-Bronzes and the Bronzes. Hopefully I’ll do okey. Maybe we will go skate next week, we’ll have to see.