Hello! Mel Mel here! Monday morning wake up call. Today, I just figured out it's go time! A lot has been goin on with me. I lost two months of training time because I was really ill, and missed Liberty due to a diagnosis surgery. Shortly after, Nick received short term notice about his deployment. I got my plane ticket to visit my love in Colorado Springs to see him before he had to leave. Fortunately he didn't live too far from The World Arena, so I was able to keep some skating up during this visit. During this trip I also got engaged on Pikes Peak. We then enjoyed our precious time together before he had to go overseas as an engaged couple! Between all this and that, where did I find the time to train? LOL exactly, I didn't. I had the choice from the rink, or out at the park with Nick and all his friends. I choose the park one too many times.
Right now, my better half is in Afghan. I'm finally off two of my medications, and only taking one. Feeling much better, but I haven't been training programs! HELLO! I have a big debut to make in 2 months! This is the perfect amount of time to kick it into gear so I can perform at the level I want. This week I'm going to blog everyday and keep you posted on how the on and off ice training is going.
Hopefully this will help me stay motivated! Maybe you guys have some tips for me? Like what keeps you motivated?! We all have stuff to take care of, I wanna know how you do it! At this point, I need all the help I can get =)
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Thanks guys love you!
PS This is my song of the day, only because I every time I wrote the word motivation I thought of this song. Otherwise there is no correlation. Close your ears and shut your eyes if you don't want to see or hear anything dirty!
Ohhhhh I hear ya loud and clear!! I got sick at the end of February and was off the ice until May. When I say sick, I mean sick! I lost 10 pounds, had fevers that came and went, spent most of my time in bed or on the couch. Think having the flu for 2 months. It was hard to come back right as the competition season was starting and I wasn't participating. Plus, I work full time and I'm planning a wedding for November. I can relate all too well. What keeps me going? Clinging to that amazing feeling of finally landing that jump, the amazing feeling of finally skating a clean program in practice. There's nothing like that feeling in the world. To struggle and fall and be bruised and battered and then one day it clicks. It happens. You don't fall. I actually shout "yes" when I land a jump during run-throughs. Keep reminding yourself that it can only go up from here, it will get better and the result will be worth it :) I'm only a tweet away if you need a shoulder to cry on or an ear to listen. :)
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