Yay! Spring is here, which means my favorite season is just around the corner. First, I have to get through a couple of months of NOT flinging anyone around the rink, including our second bout of the 2007 season.

I really wanted to fling the Betties around, so hopefully we will meet them again before the season is over. The anticipation alone makes for a perfect summer.

When I hurt, I like to know that there are others out there who feel my pain. I read sad books, I watch sad movies, and I listen to sad songs. This morning, I spent a few minutes looking for quotations on the darker side of dreams. Here are a couple that perfectly describe my current state of mind:

“We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.” Judy Garland

“We live, as we dream–alone…” Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

The people that have been telling me for the past five years how perfect I would be for a certain reality show were wrong. Turns out that a six foot tall librarian with a penchant for participating in full-contact sports is not dysfunctional enough to race around the world. But thanks for making me feel special for a while! Oh, and if you feel like boycotting CBS because they choose to exploit traumatic family situations, go right ahead.