I've been absent from here for a while but I am still REELING from Skate Canada!! I bought the tickets back in May on a whim, before the assignments came out, and I really didn't think I'd actually get to go. It's not a cheap trip from the UK, but I...somehow made it happen? I got to see Shoma in person? The event was really lovely! The rink was pretty small, and not fully booked out, which meant I got to spend a decent amount of time lurking in seats that weren't mine simply because.....nobody else had them. I got to sit right by the boards for practices, which was just INSANE - shoma really is SO fast when he skates right by you

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I bought him a silly gift on a whim which ended up in the seat next to him in the kiss and cry, and I really thought my weekend couldn't get better, but then the victory ceremony happened and...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpdIC4Ggr3D/
I'm still not over it. The whole trip was worth every penny I spent, I want to go again already ;;