My Ice skating experience

“How is it?” asked SS as I halted next to her holding the fence of the ice skating rink. “Can’t explain, you should try this...” I replied and continued skating. One down my bucket list, I whispered to myself.
It was the 30th of Jan. It was a pretty warm day for the New Yorkers. 31⁰ F was warm for this time of Jan. But to me, it was definitely not. I dreaded walking in the street even in broad day light. So -1⁰C was not a suitable temperature for any outdoor activities.
Earlier that day, Mike, my peer advisor, had told me about an ice skating rink that was located 200mts east from my office. The excitement of even the thought of fulfilling one of my long term dreams helped me making up my mind.
I was all set to leave office at 5.30. But as PK had a little work to attend to, we got held up. The ice skating rink was located 200 mts away from my office. I know!!! Even I was equally shocked to learn that there was an ice skating rink in the heart of Manhattan, that too at Times square. Well, to continue with my story, I reached the rink at around 7.30 P.M, took a size 8 skates and got on the rink.
Right when I placed my first foot on the rink, I realized that it is nothing like ground skating which I was used to back in India. But it took me less than few minutes to figure out how to skate with the blades on.
It took me 4 falls and 3 save to get comfortable with those skates. Once I did, it didn’t feel much different than my regular skates. There were Skate guards skating on the rink who helped me couple of times. Well those were few pretty good saves, I must admit. One of the Skate guards held me when I was inches away from the ground, turned me in a jiff and got me back on my feet. “Wow!! Thanks” I replied as he looked at me with the ‘are u alright’ look. “Don’t worry, it happens all the time” he murmured with a smile on his face. “I’m skating for the first time” I chattered. He smiled and replied, “You ‘r pretty good for a first timer. You should do this often”. “Guess I will” I replied as I skated away.
The guys who had accompanied me had to use the fencing of the skating ring. However, I could freely do it, guess my past skating experience helped me. Once I was done skating more than 20 rounds, I walked out of the arena realizing that I had successfully managed to get one more down my bucket list.