Q. "Krista, you've been skating a long time. How many times in your lifetime do you reckon you've tied a pair of skates?"
A. Childhood: I probably learned to tie my skates at the age of 8. (That's a total guess. ) When I was a kid I spent as much time as possible out on our farm's rink that Dad made every winter. So let's say from November to March (20 weeks x 4 days/week = 80 times/year). Let's say that this was the usual behaviour from age 8-15. That's 7 years x 80 times/year = 560 times.
Minor Hockey: I started playing minor hockey in Lacombe around age 15. We played from October to March (24 weeks x 3 days/week = 72 times/year). I played for 3 years x 72 times/year = 216 times.
Senior Hockey: Then I upgraded to Senior Hockey in Red Deer. Again, October to March (24 weeks x 2 days/week = 48 times/year). I played there for 3 years x 48 times/year = 144 times. Upon moving to Vancouver it's been about the same story = 144 times.
YWAM Hockey: I was part of two hockey-focused DTSes, being on the ice in Vancouver and traveling to Russia. We were on the ice about 3 times/week x 12 weeks in Vancouver = 36 times. In Russia we were probably on the ice 5 times/week x 8 weeks = 40 times. Double that amount for two DTSes works out to 36 + 40 x 2 = 152 times. I also traveled around Western Canada instructing at hockey camps. Let's say 2 times/day x 4 days/week x 5 weeks x 2 summeres = 80 times.
Add another 150 times give or take for YWAM Hockey coach's ice times in summer + tying my friends' and kids' skates + my travel to the Czech Republic in 2007 + junior high school hockey at Lacombe Christian School + all the times I've randomly gone public skating or outdoor skating in Alberta outside of what I already listed....
Grand total: 1446 times.
That's a lot of hangnails.
Having said all that, I do not have some old ratty notebook hidden in the bottom of my hockey bag where I've been keeping tally marks all these years. Unfortunately, I didn't have the foresight at age 6 to think about how useful and important that could've been.
But, that's a fairly close estimate.
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I bet you're glad you sat down to read this post.
2 comments:
Always knew you were good at math! Did you add in all the hockey practices and L.C.S.?
yeah the practices are included in the weekly ice times and i accounted for LCS in the 150 i tacked on at the end. LCS was only like 2 ice times a month though
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