so we spent the weekend in the mountains – away from civilization (right, i brought my MBP) ready to breathe in some fresh air. i got my fresh air – actually i got about 10 times the fresh air i wanted because the small “hike” i was prepared to take developed into a close-to-eight-hours-and-25-km-let-us-all-join-the-SAS-after-this survival run. yes, i do enjoy pushing limits, just not when i am not prepared for it. astrid kind of felt the same i guess, but after all we got to spend time with people we really got to like over the last years (and in some cases months). and after all the mountains held some remarkable moments for us, especially when we took a break near a small hut – the others started eating while astrid and i hadn’t brought anything (because we expected to come across some place where we could buy some food) – so we sat there starting to feel stupid an suddenly all of them our friends and even the random hikers we met there, started to offer us some of theirs. that’s why i keep telling myself that there’s good people after all.
sunday was great too – it was this year’s first hockey practice and the coach is new – so nobody knew what would come. i started liking his style after a couple of minutes, coming up with great exercises to keep us busy and at the same time watching each of us closely. he talked to me for a couple of minutes, asked me where i had learned to skate, what positions i had played (looking surprised by getting to know i had started out as a goalie), were i felt i should play and how i could contribute to the team. he made me feel he was interested, no – he was interested in how we did, giving small comments but each and all of them in a great kind of way. it was there again and i hadn’t felt in over a year – the joy of belonging to a team, this team.
so here i am, afraid of my exam this friday but nevertheless happy. thanks to a weekend with astrid, some great people and 90 minutes on skates.
i believe.