When Everything Starts to Come Together...

At Poynette league last week, our team curled better than the prior week. The score, however, did not reflect that. We lost...BIG.

The good thing about loosing big, was that I got an early start on my drive. I left Poynette a little after 8 PM, with an ETA of 11:50 in St. Paul, according to my GPS. When I left, it was pouring rain. I got on the highway into one shiny, wet lane bordered by orange barrels. Ugh! Rain and construction to slow my late-night trip. Wonderful!

Called the hubby for a weather report, and he said it looked like I had about a half hour's worth of rain ahead, and smooth sailing after that. I only wish he could have given me a better outlook on the construction forecast. :)

The drive seeemed like it took forever. I was nervous and anxious to curl, and excited! Why does it seem like a drive with an exciting destination takes FOREVER!?!

I have to thank my buddy Brett for letting me crash at his place, and for waiting up for a late-night arrival. ...and making sure there was a box of cereal for me so I could eat before what happeded to be one of the longest, most exhausting, fun days of my life. :) I crashed hard that night, but slept like crap because I was sooo anxious/nervous/excited for the next day.

I got to the club Friday morning around 9:30 AM (with an unknown ETA of finishing up around 11 PM that night)

I laced up my NEW AWESOME SHOES that were waiting for me, and headed out on the ice to slide.

Dex is an AMAZING coach. I had no idea what to expect, if I had incredibly high expectations, he would easily have exceded them. Dex broke every piece of my delivery down into small pieces and we spent time tweaking each one. That day we worked on my delivery/line of delivery, body position, hand position, arms, hips, shoulders, wrist, release...

Coach was impressed. He said I was very "coachable"... He would tell me a correction to make, and I would do it...and it would stick. We accomplished more that weekend than he had expected. It was exciting. My delivery is almost a "P" for perfect. (I got 3 Ps that weekend by the way)

I cannot wait to play league on Thursday.

I also got a chance to meet a prospective teammate. I will be playing with her and another teammate in the Summer Spiel in May. I am excited. We've started communicating by email and facebook...and are looking to set some goals and come up with a tentative plan for the year.

I am so excited. I know we are going to do great things! After this weekend with Dex, I am confident that with hard work and dedication, I have what it takes to be part of a winning team and make it to the top!