Hockey is a scary sport, even if you have all your teeth

I am haunted by the Richard Zednik/throat slashing accident over the weekend. Really, truly haunted and obsessed. T plays hockey, and my friend is trying to get me to get H into it (girls' hockey is a no-cut sport at the local high school and yes, we are crazy for thinking about this even though it's 8 years away) and after watching that, I'm thinking to myself, "this is the sport I'm pushing my kids into?" And I relay my concerns to A, who tries to reassure me that it was just a freak accident and it's never happened before, and of course he's wrong because all the articles about Zednik reference what happened to Clint Malarchuk 19 years ago so of course I've been on YouTube watching footage of both incidents. Did I mention I was obsessed?

Speaking of obsessed, I'm still mildly obsessed with running (or more specifically races--why bother if you're not going to be timed?), though my IT band has sidelined me for now. Hopefully after physical therapy, I'll be good to go this spring/summer. The Phoenix half marathon was good--I did better than Chicago, but did not break 2 hours, which was my goal after the 10K Turkey Trot. Then again, I was injured and untrained, so I should be happy for just finishing in one piece! My crazy running friends were thinking of doing another half in Reno, but I think the altitude, injuries and lack of training scared us all away.

Skiing in Snowmass last month was awesome, though mildly depressing since it looks like this is the year H surpasses me in skiing ability. I figured it would happen at some point, but I guess I was hoping it would be more like when she was 17 and not 7. But I'm so proud--I can't help but beam when people watch her rip past and ask me how long she's been skiing. I don't even want to calculate how much we invested in ski school, but it looks like it paid off!

I guess I'm thankful that the writers' strike is over so that Grey's Anatomy will be back on soon, but I was enjoying the free time I had by not having to watch so much TV! There was a nice little lull between the end of the Amazing Race (pretty good season, but pretty indifferent abut the winners) and the start of American Idol where I was watching very little TV. I think I'm going to drop ANTM from my repertoire--once Grey's Anatomy is back and Top Chef starts again, my Ti-faux will be very, very full.