GodsendJen

The planets aligned and today I got the rare opportunity to spend the day with Dorothy.  My bright idea for a fun day out was to take her ice skating at The Cooler. We both rent skates and head onto the ice. I have difficulty standing in my skates, skating in my skates...well yikes! Dorothy isn't much better so we both go round the rink twice, holding onto the railing for dear life, and stop for a break. Dorothy braves it again and magically decides that she can skate. At this point I give up on the hockey skates I'd put on and go to the desk to trade for figure skates. Back to the ice for me and and Dorothy grabs my hand, look at me in earnest, and says "The secret to ice skating is beliving in yourself." She has proclaims herself my ice skating teacher and proceeds to drag me around the rink. I don't know how she went from clueless to professor so quickly, but wow. Other tips included "lean forward if you need to" and my personal favorite "they don't hold onto the wall in the olympics."