On meeting my new Galaxy teammates last week, many asked how long I've been playing (I assume because I look very much like a beginner). I replied that I started in 2000, but that I've really only been playing for a little over three years, since I played my last league game (prior to last Wednesday's) in September 2003.
I ended up looking at some older posts from this blog as I was writing the post about my first Galaxy game (mainly to remind myself how to handle certain game situations), and I noticed that my very first hockey blog post was five years ago today. Wow. I knew I'd been writing for a while, but I didn't realize it was FIVE YEARS.
On a tangentially-related note, Al and I were at a barbecue last weekend where we met the boyfriend of one of Al's cousins. We were talking about sports, and we mentioned that Al and I were hockey fans... and hockey players. "That's great!" he said. "I have a friend who plays, too"—and here he looked at Al's cousin for confirmation—"what is [name], 32? And he's STILL PLAYING!" I smiled and said, "well, I'm 36, and Al's 37, and we still get around OK." It was only in the car on the way home that Al reminded me that neither of us *started* playing until we were 31.
It occurs to me that we'd both also qualify for the over-35 leagues now, at least age-wise. (Although the players in these leagues often refer to them as the "old and slow" leagues, they're usually populated with former high school and college players. These guys are only older and slower than they used to be, which is still faster than we are.) It also occurs to me that Al's cousin's boyfriend might be shocked to learn that at least half the Galaxy have got to be older than his 32 year-old friend. I'm not sure what the average age of our current roster is (I'm sure Doug, at 70+, skews that a bit), but I do know that at the first practice one of the guys said that he also had a 6 month-old... granddaughter.
Anyway, my point was: Time flies, especially when you're having fun. Happy fifth birthday to this blog!
Posted by Lori in Galaxy ~ Summer 2005 | June 21, 2005·05:47 AM