Holy shit, worst blogger, ever....

Blogger bless me, for I have sinned.. it has been eleventy billion days since I blogged.
Fuck. Yes.

Derby. So much has happened in the many weeks since I have blogged.
Derby has taken over my life, and I am not sad by it at all.
I have found out who my friends are and found a few fakes sitting in there as well. It sucks, but it doesn't suck. Sometimes in derby you run across those people who are a joy suck. They constantly complain, they never have a nice word to say. You allow them to take advantage of you... Then you question, "what the fuck is this person doing in my life?" And you let it go. Sometimes its explosive with a "fuck you and the skates you rode in on" or sometimes its quiet and they just go. Either way, its not necessarily a bad thing.
So, we had our first bout. Bubble Guts, I had them. But, it was so much fun. I was ready to do it right after. It helps that since our new captain has taken over- that I am really learning, as opposed to being told how to skate derby. And every day it gets better. I feel better about how I play now after the bout, which we won- it was a friends and family event, so it was a great experience.
I got new skates, finally, I was skating R3's as an entry level skate, which were better than my loaners... and 86 wheel tho, and I was fighting it so much. I upgraded to Vanilla Black Out Pro's with a 95 backspin revenge wheel. Holy difference. I also upgraded my pads to Smiths Scabs, so much nicer. I passed on my old gear to the loaner box and skates to a newer fresh meat than me.
I was also put in charge of social media for my league.. I LOVE IT. Also am running the fundraising and sponsorship committee, and it is going well.
All in all. I am having the fucking time of my life....
More to come.


xxoo-
Glambo

Month One thru Current Day...

Derby. Specifically, roller derby... It is something that I have been paying attention to in the Houston area for some time. The Northside Fury, Houston Roller Derby, even the Misfits... I have been to many bouts and paid attention. It was something I only dreamed about doing. I always said...if I could.
Now, if you know me, you know there are few things that scare me. I ride fourwheelers, water wheelies, racing thru the mud, I am not scared of much. But roller derby scared the ever living shit out of me. Truly. I am a person who breaks bones. And often. I have been declined Aflac coverage bc of the bones I break. It is what it is. But rarely do I have a cool story to tell. So I had beebn hearing about my local derby league- and one day the captain- Raven- approached- no stalked me- in Walmart in the juice aisle!! She told me about the local team and I resigned myself to go.
A bit about me, although I am rather social in nature, given my job (I work from home) and that I go to school online- I don't get out much! So I celebrated my 37th birthday on Aug 29 and then I went to the very next practice.
I got killed.
It's true.
For a long time I was an equipment borrower, one time a week only skater.
Until I got my own skates and equipment.
Then I started going on Friday nights. Then Saturdays. And now I practice 2 times a week, skate 2 times a week and sometimes skate the trails by my house.

About those first few practices. Let me start by saying, when they say roller derby is a sisterhood, wow, it really is. I don't know how it is with other teams, but truly, these girls, as bad as I was, am, make me feel like I am special. They make me feel like I am not the bumbling idiot I know I must look like. And I was pretty bad. Like Bambi on skates. The deer, not the hooker. But I am getting there. Bruises are my badges of honor.

So here I am, about 3 months after I started, and I am loving this sport.
I had my first contact practice on Sunday and got rocked, absolutely rocked by a really great player. I needed it and more importantly, I liked it.

I am learning to fall small. Sorta. As a natural klutz- that is a big obstacle to overcome. I need to stop saying "Im sorry" it comes out so often. There are no sorry's in derby. I need to work on endurance. I lack so much of it and lose steam so quickly. I am getting there. Skating more, going to other team's practices, skating more.. I am getting there.

I will get there.