I am Jack’s Good Fortune

The last few days have been great. I feel fantastic, upbeat, better than I have in quite some time.

Here are the pictures I promised you though.

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Yesterday I went to the last hockey practice before the league starts. I found out I’m going to be on the Orange team this season rather than the duping ground for new shitty players that is the Blue team. It’s going to be nice to be on a team with decent players this year. I’m really looking forward to the season.

I also decided to go ahead and buy myself a composite stick. I normally use wood, but I’ve been having the blades break pretty frequently and they are really heavy and don’t really have a good snap to them. I got a Mission two-piece with a replaceable blade, so as long as I don’t break the shaft it will be a good for a much longer time. I used it last night and all I can say is wow. I didn’t realize how much better it would be than a wood stick. My slapshot usually sucks balls, but now it’s like a rocket. The stick is like a rubber band launching the puck. It’s sweet.

Also, people say that it’s harder to stickhandle with a composite, that it doesn’t have as good a feel as a wood stick. I didn’t really think this was the case. It definitely had a different feel to it, but I thought in the end it was easier to stickhandle and to receive a pass with.

So I’m on a good team this winter, and I’ve got a kick-ass stick.

Ah yes, I saw the boy take his very first unassisted steps this past week. It was fucking incredible. It blows my mind how little things can be so amazing with an infant. He took four or five steps towards me then fell into my arms, I hugged him and told him how great he was as he laughed and smiled. Life doesn’t get much better than a moment like that.

And here's a picture of the little monkey for ya: