Goodbye stranger
Damn, I started this entry on the bus to school this morning, but I had saved it as a task in my outlook, so when I got to school, the profanity filter deleted it. Frick. So, I'll just quickly summarize the rest of my weekend, and then move on to the present.
Day 2 - Saturday
We lost our second game that day, which meant we were for sure out (if we had won, we would've gone to the semi-finals just because of how the other teams' points worked out) and that that had been my last ringette game ever. To top it off, I played like crap. I'd like to think of it as a blessing in disguise because it meant that I was majorly pissed off and therefore wouldn't feel (barely) any remorse for quitting. That's my logic. By the end of the game, all I wanted to do was go back to the hotel and get totally shit-faced with my friends (I use the term 'friends' pretty lightly. Although I did love my team this year, it was one of the best teams I've ever had, I know I probably won't talk very much to any of them, except for the occasional "Hey, happy birthday, how are you?"). We actually were planning on doing it, but then the parents had all the booze in the party room we had rented, so we couldn't. Oh well, I don't think we would've anyways, we were all pretty exhausted by the time we got back to the hotel and showered and everything, we just went back to one girl's room and watched 27 Dresses.
So, here's the verdict. I know I'm going to miss ringette, there's no way I couldn't. I love the feeling of skating across the ice as fast as you can, just to feel like no one can touch you. There's no better feeling than scoring a first goal of the season, making a great check, an impossible stab, or just knowing that your teammates are behind you every step of the way, no matter what happens. I really don't want to leave the community forever, so I'm going to do my referee course soon and do some reffing on the side next season. I'll try to go to more of my sister's games next year, I think I only went to about two this year. I'll miss a few of the people, but like I said earlier, I've never actually made any amazing friends through ringette. But, either way, this sport remains and will continue to remain the only one I have really loved. Goodbye love <3