Ouch! That F'n Hurts!

Ouch! That fucking hurts!

Jesus loves me, this I know, for the interwebs tell me so.....

I spent most of yesterday looking for skates online and trying to decide how much money I want to spend (or rather CAN) spend on skates that I may or may not be able to use. See, I haven't skated in oh, something like 20 years so buying said skates for roller derby is a big deal.

And boy oh boy, did I find some doozies!

For example, there is this pair.



It's called the MONSTER! All I see here is a monster price!

Anyway, after perusing the interwebs for hours and feeling rather defeated, I went over to Craigslist and found a complete set of skates and gear for 100 bucks! I couldn't believe it! It was skate serendipity.  See, Jesus DOES love me!!!!

Looky what I got! (thank you sweet baby jesus!)

Yep, them be some kick ass professional roller derby skates and gear and they are MINE!  ALL mine...

AND I made two new friends....BONUS!

SO I came home and what did I have to do?  WELL I had to try on my skates because I'm just like a little kid.  I had myself a little skate party in my living room minus the disco ball, but complete with dance music.

20 minutes into my party for one and I realized something.  OMG!  I am a spaz!!  I was sweating and trying not to fall on my ass. I could feel the muscles in my legs protesting and saying WTF lady?  What in the hell are you doing? 

Today I woke up and my legs threw up a flag at me with some aches I haven't had in years. I was like, OK, well alrighty then....20 minutes a day, everyday, until I can skate with ease and grace cause I am NOT going to go to a practice and NOT be able to skate!  A girl, especially a curly girl, must have her standards!

After I worked out at the gym this morning, running and lifting weights, I came home and did another 20 minutes on the skates and damn!  Talk about one hell of an inner thigh work out.  Squats and lunges be damned!  You wanna work out your legs?  Put on a pair of quad skates and skate around for 20 minutes!  Seriously...I am still sore and it's now after midnight..

Ouch!  That really fucking hurts.....but guess what!  I'm still going to skate tomorrow.