One of those days.....

Today's lesson was one of "those" days.... you know, the days where you can't find the floor with both hands and you can't prove a week's worth of hard work to your coach because you've suddenly grown an extra leg or something and can't stay on your feet.

yep - it was one of "those" days.

Part of this might be that I'm just tired.  I've upped my practice sessions to twice a day - an hour in the morning and an hour again in the late afternoon after work.  Having that extra time from 5-6pm is really useful because I almost always have the rink to myself and can practice the backwards stuff without worrying about killing a kid.  The downside it that I'm really pooped - work is kicking my butt these days so I arrive at the rink already tired - and then skate hard for an hour.  I think that showed today during my lesson.  I felt like I had made so much progress on the three turn combination and BAM I couldn't even get through the first turn without falling down.  It's like taking your car to the shop, only to have it stop making "that noise".  You look like a fool, and I certainly felt like one today.

yep - it was one of "those" days.  And I HATE "those" days.

Sigh.

Will (and Anna too) is constantly telling me that I set my standards too high and expect too much of myself.  Be that as it may (and he might be right) I still feel like I'm just not making fast enough progress - and that frustrates the hell out of me.