I just lost my drain of thought

I love winter, but it seems that this is the time of the year I am saddest, even with all the craziness going on. Here’s what would make life simpler. By the way, I went iceskating last night in Pershing Square. I’ve always wanted to iceskate at the Rockefeller in NY, which I thought I might be able to do with the roommates, but lame things happened and that stupid Virgin Airlines deal played some sort of game with our hearts, so we will not be going. When my cousin told me there was an outdoor rink in downtown LA, I figured it’d be somewhat similar. I’m sure it really isn’t, but it was still fun. haha. The rink is rather tiny with ice that’s difficult to skate on, and there are kids flying across the ice left and right, but it was still an experience to be had. I liked their version of “resurfacing” though. There was this little boxy contraption that this guy drove around the ice in order to get all the mushy ice off. Basically, it was a tiny snow plow. He would dump the ice in some convenient location for the other guys to shovel out of the rink. After getting all of that out of the way, he let down this towel hanging off the end of the machine and ran it over the entire rink. I was blindsided by the shininess of the surface, as I tend to be distracted by shiny things, and did not realize how bumpy it was until I got on. Luckily, there was no falling (not by me, at least), and we (my sister, my older cousin, and I) got to witness my younger cousin’s excitement as he iceskated for the first time. I think he liked it. That makes him sound so young. He’s actually like 17. But yeah, I like iceskating, and I imagine the surface is not too different from frozen-over ponds that have been skated on. We Los Angelians sure know how to rough it.

By the way, I bought myself a telescope the night after Christmas. It fills me with glee! I haven’t set it up yet, but hopefully I will get a chance to soon. Yee!