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July 23, 2019July 23, 2019

One Week

It’s been one week since I left the office for the last time. So many emotions and so much fun has been had over the past seven days. It’s not that I’m not sad to move on or anything like that, but I choose to embrace the madness and the excitement of moving forward. That isn’t to say I don’t have tough moments, but by and large I’m feeling good! I started my first week off with a brilliant session at the salon with my girl Daniela and Jenja. Nothing makes a girl feel better than a fresh hair cut and a nice brow wax.

Sometimes I’m Sweet

And Sometimes I’m Sour

During the intervening days, I had the occasion to meet several former colleagues and friends for lunch and drinks. A fantastic time was had by all. As an aside, I went to Farmer’s Table for the first time for lunch. The food and service were absolutely brilliant. Fortunately, Farmer’s Table’s menu had several amazing gluten free options. I quite enjoyed the spasta with meatballs – spaghetti squash with marinara and chicken meatballs. It was absolutely amazing. I can’t wait to go back. The next day, I had an amazing meal at Taverna Trela in Delray. This meal was equally amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed my steak, mushroom and onion rice bowl. Another menu with some great gluten free options. I look forward to going back there as well.

Friday also brought a doctor’s appointment, where my doctor noted how much happier and relaxed I looked. My blood pressure was pretty freaking phenomenal too. They see me all the time there on account of the regular bloodwork I need to get down for the thyroid, so it was encouraging they noted the change. It was also encouraging that my thyroid is starting to approach the normal range! Yes – victory is in site my friends.

The weekend brought happy hours, another massage and some mini golf. I thoroughly enjoyed my blueberry martinis at Burt & Max’s. The lettuce wraps were pretty freaking good too. Of course, the Chipotle at the end of the night was pretty good. Admittedly, it was the first time I’ve had Chipotle in years. I enjoyed the steak tacos on a hard shell. It brought back memories of driving across the University of Minnesota on game nights to get to the only Chipotle close to our house because it was the best thing since sliced bread. Now that Chipotle is on every corner and they’ve had a couple e-coli scares, the novelty has worn off a bit.

Sunday night we hit the mini golf course with J&M2 also known as Jake and Mel. . Even though we went in the evening, it was still hot as hades on the course. By the time we finished, I felt like I had been sitting in the sauna for an hour in my jeans. Fortunately, the club house had the same temperature as the Baltic Sea. In 5 seconds flat, I went from near heat stroke to hyperthermia. If I’m being honest, mini golf isn’t my sport, but we had a blast. I’m also declaring victory having ended a mere 13 above par. Over previous efforts, this represented a serious improvement in performance

Meanwhile in Minnesota, the boys are living their best lives with their cousins. They’re having a blast hanging out with their cousins and chilling on the boat with their Uncle J. The Mayor loves tubing with his cousins, while Goalielocks is enjoying fishing the Minnesota lakes. He caught a nice sized large mouth bass on Lake Minnetonka Sunday. Last week, their cousin X and his soccer team were playing in the USA Cup in Blaine. Needless to say, given the heat indices in Minny last week, I’m thrilled my boys play hockey. I’ll never be sitting by a sideline in an 115 head index. Suffice to say, if you asked the boys, they would tell you there’s no better passage of summer than one spent in Minnesota.

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Goalielocks is also enjoying lessons with his former goalie coach from the Hawks, Coach Ryan, who is now coaching with MEGA Goaltending in Minnesota. It’s fun for the boys to reconnect with Coach Ryan and to get back on the ice. Since Goalielocks went on a growth spurt, we’ll need to buy him a full set of gear upon his return to Florida. Oh the expensive joys of the hockey mom life.

Today is my father’s 66th birthday please join me in wishing him the happiest of birthdays!

June 9, 2017February 8, 2018

Love Thy Tendy

There’s hockey mom crazy and then there’s goalie mom crazy. Go to any rink across the US or Canada and you can pick out the goalie mom who is pacing nervously or sitting nervously near the end of the ice. Between periods she’ll migrate from one end of the rink to the other. Depending on how the game’s going for her goalie, she may make small talk with her team’s hockey moms or she may walk by silently.

As her goalie slides across the crease or moves to make a save, she moves with them. When the puck leaves her goalie’s zone, her pulse starts to slow as their team makes their way into the other team’s zone. Her pulse remains steady until the puck pops out into the neutral zone sending her pulse rate up. If the game is close, her pace is safely in the fat burning zone. (Thank you Fitbit!) Not until the handshake line starts, will her nerves start to unwind.

Her job is tough. Her tender could play the game of his or her life, but still walk away with a loss. A loss, which most tenders, will place solely on their own shoulders. On the flipside, her goalie could have an off game and the team could still win.

Goalie is a unique position that takes a unique personality. There aren’t many people, at least sane people, that would volunteer to stand in front of a hard rubber puck moving upwards of 50-70 mph to try and stop it.

As a goalie mom, it is hard to see young goalies, mine included, beat themselves up, but I know the mental difficulties of the position will prepare them to deal with adversity in their lives. For us goalie moms, the Dunkin Donuts coffee, the Ciroc, the Bailey’s, the Goose, the Ketel and our fellow hockey moms help us cope. At least we get an hour of free fat burning courtesy of our goalie’s hockey game!