Comments on: Skating Mom Shuffle / Shuttle

By: BA

BA — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:08:47 +0000

My saintly mother! She would wake around 4:45am to get me up at 5am to get ready for skating at our local outdoor rink starting at 5:30am. She now tells me that she used to hear her alarm and think, oh my god, what time can I go to sleep tonight! Eventually I started getting up before her and letting her sleep until we had to leave when I tip toe into her room and gently wake her so my dad wouldn’t wake.
Skating in New Jersey happened for a while. That was about an hour’s drive one way, w/out traffic. And yes, we did that before school in the a.m.
When I switched coaches, she began the 45 min treck to Rockland County where she’d drop me off, then go home to deal with my 2 siblings, then come back to pick me up a few hrs later.
God bless you mom!

By: Ice Mom

Ice Mom — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:32:18 +0000

I’m starting my first shuttle to 6 a.m. ice for my daughter tomorrow morning. I still can’t believe I’m waking up at 5 a.m. to shiver at an ice rink. Too bad I don’t drink coffee, hey? Maybe I should start…

By: Ann-Marie

Ann-Marie — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:14:48 +0000

Our parents used to make 2 trips from Maryland to Delaware every weekend for our lessons. We would get out of school early every Friday, drive up to Delaware, skate a few sessions, have dinner, waste time walking around the mall or something and then go back to the rink for a late session. Then my dad would take us for a early morning session on Sunday morning. We would leave at 4am. There is only one thing that can make anybody do these things for another person…unabounding LOVE! Thanks Mom and Dad! I think you are a little nuts, but thanks!

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:57:08 +0000

The MOMENT I passed my driving test, my parents THREW the car keys at me and told me to get myself to the rink from now on! ha ha ha!

By: Fave

Fave — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:58:59 +0000

Getting ready in the car is key. For the kids that show up with their skates on, I can never figure out how they do the jump-roping. Amazing.

By: J. Walker

J. Walker — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:25:58 +0000

And this is only one day. I can’t think of how many days it is repeated. I applaud the whole family.

By: sony

sony — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:23:59 +0000

oh yeah…ma would drive 45 min one way, drop off, drive back, work for 2.5 hours then drive back another 45 min to come get me. still makes no sense, driving an extra total of 1.5 hrs (no traffic days) to put in 2.5 work hrs. nuts, but the truth is, she couldn’t sit still at the rink for 4 hours while i skated. the day i turned 16 she took me for my driving permit test and signed me up for the road test all in the same day.

By: pbf

pbf — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:53:57 +0000

I must agree most definitely with Heartig: changing in the car like superman became a well learned ability, even more so when it was the shuffle between gymnastics and skating practice. I think the hardest part was changing into tights… what a pain!

ps THANKS MOMMY!!! (and Daddy too!)

By: Yussel

Yussel — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:22:35 +0000

Is this a joke? In Russia we had no mothers.
The State raised us and we had only to thank the politburo for the opportunity to represent our communities at the regional levels. Of course, once a skater “made it” to the national level we were allowed many many “extras”. I knew of a skater who was given a Vespa and it was her job to transport parents from one medical appointment to another. She eventually gave up skating.

By: handsome_devil

handsome_devil — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:38:52 +0000

This mom outlines a very exhausting day!

Though I must say that it’s not just ice skating: my mother (and father) drove me all over the world for baseball when I was a child. I guess because it was a team, there was a lot more carpooling, though.