Today we drove the hour-and-a-half drive to my grandfather’s house. The occasion was to celebrate my Grandfather’s 92nd birthday and my sister’s 29th. It was a great journey and a great celebration.
I live in Pennsylvania (aka Penn’s Woods) and much of our trip to my grandfather’s house is through tree-lined back roads and mountains. And it is autumn. We were just blown away by the colors of the trees. It’s the type of foliage people drive hundreds of miles to see and we live in it. I am very blessed.
Once we got there we ate a large lunch and then they opened presents, the Steelers game in the background like old times. My wife made my grandfather a really cool photo book on Snapfish and we gave it to him as our gift. My grandfather is old school and hates receiving presents, but we could tell he really liked this one. He read it three times after he opened it.
This evening I had a hockey game, my first one with my new skates. This is where the evening takes a turn for the worse. In my cheap, bone-headiness, I failed to sharpen my skates before the game because they “felt OK”. Well, the moment my skates hit the ice I knew this was a bad idea.
Immediately, I felt like Bambi, the first time he gets on the ice, and I would probably have been better off with hooves rather than skates. The had no edge to them whatsoever. Simply terrible. I couldn’t stop or push off to get going. Not one of my better games.
So..I left my skates at the rink after the game to be sharpened. I hope my next experience with them will be better. Can’t be worse, I suppose.
The Struggling Writer 
I’m jealous of your foliage! I’m hoping we still get some color despite the early SNOW. The book sounds like a wonderfully thoughtful gift. Bummer about the skates. Think of it as providing higher contrast for your before and after performance.
That office episode– I died about the 3 wolf moon shirt Dwight wore! Have you ever read any of those amazon reviews? HYSTERICAL!
You took me right back to my dull ice skates. As a kid I would wear them on the sidewalk in winter and always there was a patch of concrete that had no ice.
So while they provided traction on the sidewalk they totally sucked on the ice rink.
I love fall colors. They are my favorite. I bet that drive through the trees was spectacular. Sorry about your hockey game. Better luck next time!
I love the colors in the east. We don’t get those here in the west. I bet you’ll never skate with dull skates again.