Friday, January 26, 2018

and now for something kinda different

I donated blood yesterday afternoon, so I figured it would probably be a good idea if I didn't skate at scrimmage last night.  So, I worked in the penalty box.  There were only two of us, so we each took a team.

It went pretty well - there were a few times when my side had a rotating cast of penalized skaters - but I was able to do the timing with one stopwatch.  The only time I really screwed up was when I went into the center of the track to check the number of penalties on a skater, the jam started, and *then* I remembered there was a skater in the box who I was supposed to be timing.  oops.

Going out to Buffalo to JR - the weather actually seems to be cooperating!  Yay!

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

at the clinic

(I am Head Refereeing.)

ME: NO PACK! (pause) [TWEET!] WHITE, TWO-THREE*, FAILURE TO REFORM!

PARKING LOT: Why did you issue that penalty?

ME: Because her responsibility was to slow down and she continued skating.

PARKING LOT: Correct!

ME (internally): YAAAAAAAY MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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*not the actual color/number; don't remember what it was



Also found out I was accepted to Royal Brawl, a tournament in Guelph, Ontario over Memorial Day weekend.  Yaaaaaay meeeeeeeeee!


Thursday, January 11, 2018

weather sucks

so the weather prevented me from going out to the game last Friday.  Boo!

and it's possible that the weather may prevent me from going to an officiating clinic on Saturday.  Boo!