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Four months ago, I came home from a session, put my skates down thought I'd take them on my mini-vacation upstate in a week. I had a competition at the end of the month, which I was positive I wouldn't do well in (lack of training, out of shape and the sudden change in music because my coach didn't think I was "dancing" enough with my original music...???) and figured the break would do me good and I'd at least get an additional day on the ice. I was wrong. The vacation was canceled; heck, life was canceled. I worked several hours a day from home, began and finished a semester of school from home and gained ten pounds, on top of the weight I already needed to lose. Fast forward to today. One of the rinks I skate at has reopened with special freestyle sessions. If you can stand on skates, they'll let you in. The other rink is scheduled to open next week. I have skated three weeks in a row and I can truly say without a shadow of doubt... I AM OUT OF SHAPE!!!! I wasn't in great shape to begin with, unless you consider round an optimal shape. Make that round a little bigger and you have what I am facing, or not facing when I look in the mirror. But it's a new month, filled with hopes and dreams and promises. But no cookies. Or chocolate. And not too much alcohol. And now Blogger has changed the way things look and I have no idea how to do anything. Hopefully, I'll be back. Hopefully I will also figure out the new Blogger set up. Fingers crossed...