I ended up scorekeeping, hahaha. It was okay, though - it was the only position left where both spots were available, and I wanted to be near my kid if he needed help. (He totally didn't. He's a natural.)
I might be going to a rec league practice with the London Rollergirls while I'm over there - they have them on Wednesdays if there is enough interest by the Monday before. I hope I can; that'd be fun.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Thursday, September 20, 2018
T MINUS 30 DAYS UNTIL I LEAVE FOR LONDON
ZOMG LIKE EEEEEEEEEEE
Saturday I am going to NSO a game about an hour away - so is my kid! (The game isn't WFTDA sanctioned or regulation, so there's no minimum age.) He's pretty excited, as am I. (I hope I don't get put as scorekeeper again.)
Fixed the straps on my elbow pads, hooray hooray. I also cut the straps so they wouldn't flap all over the place, but instead, they're unraveling a little bit. Oops.
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So now it's time for another Queenie Reviews Stuff. First, it's the Sisu Go Mouthguard.
I used a few different mouthguards back when I played - a sports one that I attached to my helmet with a string of (increasingly enfilthenated) piece of elastic, one my dentist made that I think I wore twice before I got rid of it, and eventually what they now call the Aero and the Max on their website. (Back then they were just differentiated by their thickness.)
I loved, loved, loved the thinner mouthguard. I could talk! I could drink water! It came in white, so I could look like I had nice lovely teeth in pictures!
Then I became a ref, and mouthguards were not compulsory*, so I stopped wearing one.
After seeing various injuries and whatnot sustained by friends while skating, I recently started thinking I should start wearing one again. Enter the Sisu Go!
It only goes to my canine teeth, so there's less material to go off center when you mold it (there were points with the original where it'd just go on the sides of my teeth. It brings back memories - I still can drink, still can talk (though I've noticed that if I have to speak for an extended period of time, I do remove it).
We've got scrimmage tonight, so I'll have to see how well it works with whistles.
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Our second item is Z-Clear Anti Fog Spray. I used to wear my contact lenses exclusively while playing and reffing, until a little over a year ago. I felt that glasses worked better with my distance vision.
Unfortunately, glasses fog up, which is where this stuff comes in.
Also unfortunately, it doesn't work at all for me. In fact, I feel like my glasses fog up more now than they did before. Sigh.
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*for some reason, "compulsory" looks like a word that should mean "voluntary"
Saturday I am going to NSO a game about an hour away - so is my kid! (The game isn't WFTDA sanctioned or regulation, so there's no minimum age.) He's pretty excited, as am I. (I hope I don't get put as scorekeeper again.)
Fixed the straps on my elbow pads, hooray hooray. I also cut the straps so they wouldn't flap all over the place, but instead, they're unraveling a little bit. Oops.
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So now it's time for another Queenie Reviews Stuff. First, it's the Sisu Go Mouthguard.
I used a few different mouthguards back when I played - a sports one that I attached to my helmet with a string of (increasingly enfilthenated) piece of elastic, one my dentist made that I think I wore twice before I got rid of it, and eventually what they now call the Aero and the Max on their website. (Back then they were just differentiated by their thickness.)
I loved, loved, loved the thinner mouthguard. I could talk! I could drink water! It came in white, so I could look like I had nice lovely teeth in pictures!
Then I became a ref, and mouthguards were not compulsory*, so I stopped wearing one.
After seeing various injuries and whatnot sustained by friends while skating, I recently started thinking I should start wearing one again. Enter the Sisu Go!
It only goes to my canine teeth, so there's less material to go off center when you mold it (there were points with the original where it'd just go on the sides of my teeth. It brings back memories - I still can drink, still can talk (though I've noticed that if I have to speak for an extended period of time, I do remove it).
We've got scrimmage tonight, so I'll have to see how well it works with whistles.
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Our second item is Z-Clear Anti Fog Spray. I used to wear my contact lenses exclusively while playing and reffing, until a little over a year ago. I felt that glasses worked better with my distance vision.
Unfortunately, glasses fog up, which is where this stuff comes in.
Also unfortunately, it doesn't work at all for me. In fact, I feel like my glasses fog up more now than they did before. Sigh.
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*for some reason, "compulsory" looks like a word that should mean "voluntary"
Monday, September 10, 2018
le swing de things
Thursday night was scrimmage, and it went well - I was HR, one of our up & coming refs was JR in shoes, and a player who has expressed serious interest in officiating was the other JR. They both did awesomely - really all it's down to with them is the nitty-gritty: positioning, personal hand signals to remember stuff - and calling penalties. They kept asking me questions, and apologizing for asking the questions, and I kept saying DON'T EVAR APOLOGIZE FOR ASKING QUESTIONS.
I bought new elbow pads a week or two ago but need to move the Velcro on the straps - it doesn't come anywhere close to hitting the Velcro on the pad itself. Duct tape worked the first two practices, but I need a permanent solution.
I also got a Sisu Go mouthguard. I haven't worn a mouthguard since I started refereeing, since I feel I don't speak very clearly with a mouthguard in, but I know I really should probably wear one. We'll see how this one works.
LEAVING FOR LONDON IN 40 DAYS ZOMFG. I've got my plane tickets and my hotel (both in London and Birmingham). Have my passport. Have a plan for my luggage (I'm going to use my wheeled gear bag as my checked luggage, but when I fly over, keep my gear in a carryon bag, and then switch everything once I get there). Making a list of things to do (seeing Hamilton on Thursday, yaaaaaaaaay). Testing out the uniform components I'm going to wear (new jersey, bottoms, etc.) to make sure they're comfortable.
I bought new elbow pads a week or two ago but need to move the Velcro on the straps - it doesn't come anywhere close to hitting the Velcro on the pad itself. Duct tape worked the first two practices, but I need a permanent solution.
I also got a Sisu Go mouthguard. I haven't worn a mouthguard since I started refereeing, since I feel I don't speak very clearly with a mouthguard in, but I know I really should probably wear one. We'll see how this one works.
LEAVING FOR LONDON IN 40 DAYS ZOMFG. I've got my plane tickets and my hotel (both in London and Birmingham). Have my passport. Have a plan for my luggage (I'm going to use my wheeled gear bag as my checked luggage, but when I fly over, keep my gear in a carryon bag, and then switch everything once I get there). Making a list of things to do (seeing Hamilton on Thursday, yaaaaaaaaay). Testing out the uniform components I'm going to wear (new jersey, bottoms, etc.) to make sure they're comfortable.
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
back at it!
first practice of the season last night. Ankle did fine. Skating drill stations - on this one, it was SO HARD to look at the cones, when every bit of muscle memory I have says DO NOT LOOK AT YOUR FEET THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU TO SEE DOWN THERE
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