8s

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  4 skaters and really nice ice!  I scribed circles and warmed up with forward edges.  I hadn't skated in 2 weeks so there were some definite weak spots.

Today's lesson:

• B edges -- some issues with posture, but I was mostly able to fix them.
• FO8 -- still not making it all the way around.  Some good corrections on keeping the free hip back in the first part of the circle -- if it creeps around on me I tend to go flat as the blade turns slightly into the circle.  Ugh.  I did manage to actually lean into the circle a bit more, so yay.
• FI8 -- not bad, considering.
• BO8 -- of course, not making it around the circle.  Struggling to Do All the Things at the same time -- free shoulder back, hold the free foot in front, free hip up, look in the circle.  Eeep.  Also Danette said I'm tending to be on an inside edge when I start the new circle, so I need to be sure to push onto a legitimate BO edge.
• BI8 -- just 2 minutes on these. Many similar corrections from the BO8. Eeep.