close calls and horshoes

Ok, soo.......im all showered and smelling nice, teeth are brushed and now thinking back on tonight...

Arena practice...woot woot....im gearing up in the locker room.....Cherry Dread...she brought PREZZIES!! she made the cutest little roller skate necklaces!!!!! i love mine :)  Thank you again Cherry!!

Im all geared up now and i realize again......we fuck i gotta make it to the arena floor....that a frikken lot of ground to cover.....i announce that im scared.......Dii Mented....bless her.....says.....GET GOING!! lmao

So i do, luckily safety officer Alise T Kill is following me with the first aid kit...if you ask her im sure she will say it was coincidence.....but i am fairly certain she was there for a good purpose........I made it, i would like to say without any whimpering or belly screams......but i would be lying.

Arena floor.......giggity........all that open space.....mine for the rolling.....(its now that i realized that hey, i sure do love the dot dot dot thing......and please excuse the potty mouth lmao) i start to make my way around the arena, a little wooden legged at first... my skates are feeling a little funny.........i ask Pixel Ninja to check them and he does....turns out the bearings were not in all the way and the skate wheels weren't tight......all fixed with some advice from good ol' coach and im ready and up on my feet again.

Now let me stop here.........up until tonight i had been using outdoor wheels.....Kitty Von Doom...who just got some awesome new wheels offered to let me borrow her old ones....BIG FRIKKEN DIFFERENCE!! yeah turns out, indoor wheels...used indoors.....fast! no grab! and me thinks that i had been getting off a little easy and lazy.......these wheels moved.......had to work harder to stop! WEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! (do that in a high pitched voice please)

Ok, so im all on the indoor wheels....around the arena i go....VAROOMMMMMMMM

i go around a couple times, trying to find my balance again.....have a little stretch and relace my skates cause me feets were cramping like hello (kidding!! yeah they fucking hurt!)!!

i got some advice from Cherry Dread on lacing. Tried it out and it was much better.....around i went again and then the whistle blew.....Pixel Ninja was calling us in to begin.......Here we go

First drill was skating in a giant circle......falling when he blew the whistle and then getting up again when he blew it again.....okie dokie...i was pretty styling.........FireCrack Ya gave me instruction on a baseball slide fall.....yep, leg torn up, hip hurts....bruised to shite and guess whats on my face??????  SHITE EATIN GRIN!! Loved it...don't quite have the hang of it yet but im doin it.......and can i just say that sliding when you hit the floor is fucking awesome!!!!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Next in the book of torture,,,er i mean ahem...training we skated around and when he blew the whistle we were to stop and then wait till he blew the whistle again to go again. so turns out....outdoor wheels on indoor floors made this wayyyy easy...found some new muscles tonight boys and girls....yes i certainly did...Pixel Ninja helped me get it going (or i guess you should say, stop it going, lol) with some good advice, pushing harder to stop better, sitting into it, etc,,,,also had himself a little giggle at the "good hurt" it was causing......LOL

NEXT!!!!!! Turns........through the pilons......non people type pilons.......a little pep talk from Pixel Ninja and i was all set up to run it like a pro.........WELL WHAT DO YOU FRIKKEN KNOW????? I totally made it through...........TWICE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy Hell the stars aligned and i did it!! I DID IT!!, not sure if anyone noticed but damn kiddies i did it.....i don't know if i mentioned this.....I CAN TURN!! Vigilante Banshee gave me some good pointers and advice on keeping my turns working for me....yayyy!!

I had to take a couple breaks......feets started cramping again.......felt pretty sure i was gonna puke.....sweating like a whore in church ( did i offend anyone yet? stay tuned!! LOL)  had a little sit down, talked with Klamydia Burns about the whole lacing thing, she gave me some good advice as well..told me that this too shall pass.......and Pixel Ninja was right there to kick my ass and tell me to get going......cause he knows i can turn......lol (really though, they will push you, but not enough to kill you permantly, and in my case, i totally need fires started under my ass sometimes) but everytime i had a little break...i got right back up and got to it again.....proud? yes son i sure am.........

i was having some muscle pain today as i am prone to have...don't worry all cleared by the doc to do derby though.........but i went anyways....i pushed myself......although not too hard cause its not a hardship when your loving what your doing.....group hug....perhaps.....warning i do bite and haven't had all my shots.

i made it for an hour and a half...little disappointed in myself that i didn't make it longer.....but the puky feeling and the knee throbbing made me think that perhaps if i wanna be able to go again and again i better know my limits with a boom box and fuck off before i really pushed myself too far......so i left.

On my way out, Pixel Ninja shouted that i did good.....can say that i was a little tickled, walked a little straighter......other derby girls showed me love and also said i was doing really well......tickled pink i am!! Means a lot when the girls that are no longer swimming in the kiddie pool, who have serious skills take the time to notice and cheer you on.........i love my derby girls!!!!!!!

touchy moments when i stopped at sobey ( yes in derby outfit, booty shorts!! lol ) thought mayhaps i may toss my cookies a couple times whilst waiting in line......made it home......yes i did........dry heaved a few times......no shame in that....LOL

so now i have taken some advil, admired my scrapes and bruises, showed off my new skate necklace and told everyone all about my night..........

Until next time...keep watching the skys.......you know why :)

PS.....Sorry Mum, i know your reading this and probably tisking about the swearing.....what can i say? im special, LOL