Patch Perseverance

I skated the Chandler Ice Café today for patch practice.  A quirk of my work schedule made it possible so I was determined to take advantage.

I had a good skate -- just two of us on the ice.  I ran through edges and the Preliminary test, with some extra attention on the waltz-8.  In general it's looking a lot better than a few months ago.  The step forward is still "out" too much but the BO edge is much better and everything looks and feels more controlled.

After that I spent a little time on alt-3s just for the heck of it, and then more time on BO8 and BI8.  Yikes.  Not too happy with either of them although they did improve.

All in all a good skate and I think if I can just find a timeslot that works for an hour of practice a week besides my lesson day, I can make good progress.  Urph.