skating to the music

In reality, how can you put value on something? In a world that expects everyone to own shirts that cost hundreds of dollars you wouldn’t think that eighty dollar shoes would be worth anything to me. Surprisingly, they are the only thing that keeps me going. I live to put them on and wander out into the cold air of the rink.
I put my foot in the boot. I tap my boot against the ground with my foot inside. I pull my laces to get the extra out of the way. I do it again except this time I tighten it as tight as I can get it. I repeat this process with my other skate. Before stretching I throw on my coat. Rinks can get as low as forty three degrees so it can get cold. I turn on my mp3 player before I start to stretch. Now I stand against the wall of the rink and put my foot up on it. I hold it there for as long as possible. As soon as I finish, the zamboni finishes. I step out onto what is supposed to be “clean” ice. I don’t think they should schedule hockey right before a public session. I wish there was some other rink nearby that I could go to. This ice is practically not worth skating on it’s so crappy.
I begin to skate around the rink. These are my warm up laps. I feel the wind against my face. After a few minutes I begin to do actual stroking. Then I do my figure eight. Already I am working up a sweat so I take off my coat. Then I begin to do some real interesting moves. As I skate around the rink I feel the eyes of the other sixty people on the rink watch me. I am not the only serious skater on the rink but I am the only one wearing a skating dress. I squeeze past a group of college kids which make up most of the college kids on the rink. I do this so I can get to the open part of the rink to do a spiral. I finish this and two seconds later all the college kids are imitating me or a female fiqure skater. I find this annoying. If they aren’t imitating me they are “speed skating” or bending over with their arms behind their backs.
I do this routine only one a week unfortunately. I strive for two but it doesn’t happen. Without this coming to welcome the weekend I would have no reason to make it through the day.
My mp3 is very important to me as well. I have pictures of my family on it and songs my friends have sung. I don’t think I could survive without it. It is a maroonish color. It has a screen on the left side and a scroll button on the left with a play button in the middle. At the top right corner is a menu button. I have headphone that match. As well as about 3 other pairs.Without it I wouldn’t be able to take my music everywhere I go. Music inspires me. Music keeps me going through the day. I live to skate programs to music. I live to listen to certain songs. I live to dance to certain songs. Without this item I would not be able to enjoy my life. It is also a present from my parents. So that makes it special and close to my heart. I got it for Christmas and I hadn’t asked for one. It shows my parents care enough to keep up with the teen world.

Both my mp3 and my ice skating are very important to me. One has value to me through its rareness while the other is expensive. I couldn't live without either one. Just like some peoples dogs are valuable to them my skating and my mp3 are that valuable to me. Skating is something that is hard to do because you can’t do it in your backyard. You have to go to a rink and not just anyone can afford that. Skating also is just a seasonal sport which means during summer I go through 4 painful months of agony waiting for skating to start up again.