The High School Experience

I went iceskating with Susan the other day and had a fantastic time while also being terrified of falling and breaking something! I had only been iceskating once before many moons ago so standing on ice on thin blades brought out excitement yet fear of getting hurt with no medical insurance. I went for it anyway! Susan is a really good skater and gave me some tips for being on the ice. I was at least able to maintain my balance which was a good start. I held on to the wall the first ten minutes or so but shortly afterwards, one of the skate guards ( I soon found out his name is Jesse) came by and encouraged me to not hold on to the wall. Slowly…and I do mean slowly, I was able to give up that crutch and ease my way towards the center on the rink. The skate guard kept popping up every so often to see how we were doing. Susan and I were trying to figure out if he was hitting on us or just being overly diligent with his job. As we continued to skate, talk, and have fun, Jesse skated by again to comment on our progress.
About five minutes after he skated away, another guy approached me and said he had a message for me. I was like “are you sure you have the right person?” and he said yes. He said one of the skate guards likes you and is asking for your phone number. LOL. I felt like I was having a high school experience. While I never had anyone like me in high school, I certainly felt like this was once of those moments you watch on all those high school shows where the guy is afraid to talk directly to the girl so he sends a representative with a message. Too cute! I sent back a message that I don’t give out my number however if he gives me his number I will call him. With that a few minutes later there was Jesse giving me his number. I did ask him some basic questions. He failed the one about kids…he has too many for such a young age. He’s 33 and has five kids. You know that means multiple baby mamas. What’s with these guys not practicing safe sex?!? I’m curious though about his story so I’ll call him on Sunday. Nothing to lose since he doesn’t have my number and my number doesn’t come up on caller ID. I’m going to put it out to the universe that I have more high school experiences and that soon out of that the right man will come through with the right message! In the meantime, I skate on knowing that the ice is not as thin as I thought and that I haven’t fallen on it yet. But if I do, I know I’ll be able to get up unharmed and keep moving forward.