Our first time...

Yusuf and I have dated for 8 years and we discovered that there is something we haven't done together all these years. Can you guess what it is? (It's really silly once you find out)

All this time, we haven't gone skating together! Thanks to my grade 1 classmate, he invited us to skate tonight at the Markham Community Centre. So, I brought my courage and my used-2-times-only skates from 10+ years ago to the rink. My previous time skating was 3 years ago on my cruise to the West Caribbean. When I was skating, there was a medical emergency and a helicopter was trying to land on the ship, causing the ship to rock back and forth....let's just say I had a "souvenir bruise" for 3 months from this incident.

I wasn't exactly thrilled to skate again honestly. Our wedding is 4 months away and I don't really need a bruise again. Because of this, Yusuf actually gave me his knee pads to wear for protection! I looked pretty ridiculous in my opinion, but I really didn't care! As long as I felt safe and protected...haha!

I'm a total "boarder" - a person who hangs on to the board for my dear life. By the end of the night, I was able to get a stride going...but still hanging on every few strides. It was really fun to go do something different with Yusuf. You might ask, "What's Yusuf doing while you are skating?" Well, the answer is, I didn't want him close to me because he might make me fall! He was learning the "hockey stop" by himself..hehe...