5/14 Falling Down

Today I was getting really angry at practice, I fell at least six times during the ice time, which is more than I've ever fallen in one day. I know i shouldn't be getting upset, ut I can' help it, I'm not used to having so much trouble picking up on athletic activities. I'e been trying to get my one-footed spin, so that I can do bigger jumps, like my Lutz, but I can't seem to keep my balance. I have no issue with a two- footed spin anymore, which I guess I should think about in prospective to how long it's taking me to get the one-footed spin, but it's a lot harder for me.
I've never had great balance, and it's making it especially hard for what I'm doing.
I know that figure skaters, are any athlete for that matter, aren't made overnight, but sometimes I sure wish that was how it worked.
I am really happy that I have such a great support group at the rink, Marisa wouldn't let me get off the ice until I had practiced my spins more. It's great to have so many people there who are so supportive of my learning to skate. Annabelle, a great skater at the Rink from Horseheads, even offered me her butt-pads today! Cole tried to help me by showing me step by step how to do a spin, as did Marisa, it was so kind of them and they explained it to me in different ways than Anna did, which helped me to look at things in a different way.
It's so important that I have all these people showing so much support for me and who are quickly becoming great friends of mine, it's like a hockey team in that way, we work to make each other better.
I finally got my Waltz Jump higher, by pretending to jump over something on the ice, as a girl named Olivia suggested, but I fell and smashed my knee into the ice, very painful, it hurts to walk still.

I'm just trying to keep my spirits high and think about how everything takes time, I just need to be patient, which I knew from the beginning, I have trouble with. This will be a test of my own willpower.