Giggalo
By Alicia Ferri
This story is more personal, but Im going to share it, cuz I think its a
hoot, at the end of this past year, I ended up with a string of injuries
(nothing major). First, we were in Calgary and I banged my head...and
had a mild concussion, then we were at Playdowns in Enderby, and I hit
the boards straight on...OUCH! Then finally, the last game, we were
playing Kelowna....and some how I fell...and landed on my butt, it wasnt
a pretty feeling, now for those who know me, know that I fall all the
time, Im the zamboni on the team, Im always falling constantly..all over
the ice...so when I fell, it was like a routine thing...well this time,
I must have hit the wrong nerve or something in my butt..and I ended up
with HUGE bruise the size of a basketball..it came to the point where I
was taking the elevator to the upstairs in the college, cuz I couldnt
move my let..it was soo bad, and so painfull, but when i told people
that I had a bruise on my butt, they dismissed it...I finally came to
the point where I needed to go see a massage therapist...and it
helped,--this all happend two weeks before provincials, and I reALLY
wanted to go...of course , thats what we play for right? So I went and
saw him, and he stuck his elbow in my bum, and it hurt like hell....Well
I made the mistake of telling Shooshman(Terry, a ringette ref), and my
coach Frank, cuz I became the joke of the team...every chance they got,
they would ask, how my giggalo (my message therapist) was doing. ...and
they would laugh and tease me about it...it was embarrasing, but nobody
realized how big my bruise was...it was black, blue, red...green you
name it...it was gross!! So to end the teasing, I decided to show
everyone in the dressing room....they were like OH MY GOD, and they
totally understood...but I never heard the end of it from Terry! IM
GOING TO GET HIM NEXT YEAR!! HAHAHAHA!!!
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