One-legged skating

     This is always a wonderfully funny story to recall when my sister and I get together to reminisce on old times.  We would get bored very easily as children.  Trying new things to do was a norm for us.  One of these things to do was one-legged skating.

      We didn't have much many when we were growing up.  But my parents managed to get us two pairs of roller skates.  One of these pairs were green speed skates for my brother, and the other was a pink set for us girls.  Usually we would take turns skating around in the basement, seeing who could go the fastest and who could do the coolest tricks.  One of us would skate all the way across the floor and turn back without falling.  Sometimes we would jump over the cracks that were in the concrete.  One day we decided to do something different.  We thought what if we could skate at the same time?  We could both wear one skate.  What if we made a routine to it?  I was happy.  My sister and I had a very normal sibling rivalry, so it was nice when we got along.  This could be very fun.

     "Here Sandy, I'll give you the left skate since you are left handed.  You might skate better on that foot," said Amanda.

     "You're probably right.  I will start from that corner and we can meet in the middle and spin," I told my sister.  Our plan seemed foolproof.  

     We decided that the song should be 'Sugar, Sugar' by The Archies.  I can't really recall why, but we both knew parts of it.  We both put on our skates and stood at opposite ends of the basement.  

I started singing, "Sugar, do do do do do do, oh, honey honey," as my sister and I rolled across towards each other.  

"You are my candy girl, and you got me wanting you," sang my sister as we tried to manage twists and turns on one leg.  The first attempt wasn't so great--we both landed flat on our behinds.  I guess it wasn't as foolproof as we thought.  Maybe we needed a little more practice skating on one leg before trying to add tricks to it.  We tried again and again until finally we were able to balance and do at least a small turn without taking each other out. All the while, the same two lines seemed to repeat themselves as we only knew those two lines.  

     While we weren't talented singers, we had a pretty good talent for skating, that is, on two feet.  It was one of those things we could do together and not be at each others' throats.  We would laugh so much that we would only wish the next time would be as amusing.  The skating would continue until our legs started cramping up or our parents called us to dinner.  It is a wonderful childhood memory I have with my best friend, who just happens to be my sister.