5am is a terrible time of morning to be awake...

As much as I'm loving being on the ice, I'm really struggling with having to be up at 5am every day.  I think I've mentioned before that figure skating has the rink from 6am to about 3pm every day, and the hockey programs go from then until nearly midnight.  So if I want to skate, it has to be at the crack of dawn.... and I've NEVER been a morning person.  Either that, or start playing hockey... which would be a better fit for my linebacker's build, but not nearly (I don't think) as fun.

So here I am, vowing every night when I go to bed that I WILL get up and go to the rink in the morning, just to have my sleepy hand reach for the snooze button on the alarm the next morning.... 

The spirit is willing but the flesh is a nightowl.

Not sure how to resolve this.  I hate that I'm not getting to the rink every day - it's down to about 3 days right now - but I guess I'm just not getting enough sleep and the body is overruling me.  With the motorcycle accident over the summer, I've already had to give up my goal of competing at the Gay Games this year - but the next one in 2014 is in Cleveland, which will be a lot less expensive than Germany, anyway.  I've figured out that I won't jump to a new age bracket (OK, I'm just going to miss jumping age brackets) so I have four years of pushing myself out of bed in the morning to look forward to if Cleveland is going to happen.

Goody...

I suppose the good news is that things are getting a lot easier for me.  The strength in my right leg is returning, and I'm starting to get bored during my practice sessions - a sure sign of progress.  I promise to be better about doing updates.