For a few years, we went ice skating every winter for a Mutual combined activity. The rink we went to at least one year didn't have half sizes, so I had to choose between skates that were too loose and skates that were too tight. I chose the lose skates that year.

Even at good times, I couldn't really skate. I had never owned a pair of roller blades and only went ice skating the one time a year, for Mutual. Add in loose skates and I was hopeless. I managed to make it around the rink once, hugging the walls, and then I went to the bleachers on the side and just sat and watched for the rest of the night.