The former champion worked in her basement, an ice pick in hand as she scratched and scraped at a giant block of ice.
It took all of five minutes before she stabbed the pick into the ice and gave up, unlocking the door and heading back upstairs.

This would be better done with a clearer head and a brighter basement.
So she ended up going to bed, thinking about how she could apologize without sounded like a nervous little girl.