Last Saturday was Mer’s day, but she had a couple of events coming up during the week – she was hosting a natural candle and natural lotions party with an old high school friend, and her parents were coming into town for an early Christmas visit. So, while she wanted to do something out and about, she wanted to keep the outings fairly short and simple so that we could get the house clean and ready to go.

To that end, our big social outing of the day was our heading over to Kent State University, to the ice rink, to see CVCA’s hockey team in action. I was delighted. Two of the seniors on the team are in my Connections group at school, so I wanted to support them. Also, I like hockey – it is a fast game, and the checking at the high school level is not vicious, so people do not get hurt often. Lastly, the Kent ice arena has good food. I got french fries and a hot chocolate.

The game started off quickly, with CVCA scoring a goal in the first few seconds, and going up 3-0 within the first four minutes. CVCA has a pretty good hockey team, and they were playing a team that has struggled this season. I’m afraid it was not much of a game. Even with lots of substitutions and an attempt to slow the game down some, CVCA won 11-0 at the end of the second period (high school hockey has a “mercy rule” where if you are winning by 10 or more at the end of the second, the game is over).

I liked seeing my guys play, and I enjoyed the action, but there is not much fun in watching a blow-out. I’m hoping future games will be more entertaining.