It's not like riding a bike

I took a week off from all things steno related. I had three final exams last week and the first exam was court reporting. So I put the stenograph away and directed all my energy and time to studying for my American Government and Sociology finals. All exams went well and I’m ready for the summer term. Well, almost …

During dinner last night my husband says, “I’ll do the dishes if you want to practice your steno.” Of course I’m going to take him up on his offer. Wouldn’t you? For the record, I couldn’t do this without him. While Jack has always been extremely helpful in all household chores, he’s really going beyond the call of duty these days. Have I mentioned that I’m working full time AND going to college full time? That leaves most of the household duties for Jack to do.

So after dinner I hopped on the stenograph fully expecting to be right where I left off. I paged through my theory book until I arrived at the last chapter we worked on. I put on my headphones and started transcribing the dictation for this particular lesson. Hey, guess what? It’s not like riding a bike. To describe the situation: I sucked! The last lesson we worked on was how to do Q&A. Apparently, my brain had already left the classroom and started on my two-week break before my body did. I didn’t retain much of this lesson as I was really struggling to do it properly last night.

A frustrating evening of practice, but I learned a valuable lesson. Never, ever go a week without practice!