Friday, 19 June 2009

• "Dude you have no idea!!"

   

  

  So I had derby practice last night. As you can tell by the tidbits of conversation I posted yesterday. John has fully embraced the fact that his wife is now a Derby girl. Mind you he was also the first person to embrace me pole dancing for fun and recreation as well. Let's just put it this way, he embraces and accepts the fact his wife is not normal. I think secretly deep down he thinks it's totally hot but I think it might kill him to admit it. The rain managed to stay away which was nice however walking from the parking lot to the skatepark made you sweaty because of the humility. Hello summer in Manitoba.

  Now I officially joined the league last month but due to other commiments such as work and otherwise I have not actually been able to make it to an official practice until last night. I made it out to a few free skates just to get comfy in my quads but nothing serious. But yeah the conversation after I got home last night was this;

  *scene* Tatiana plods through the door tired and weary looking like a sherpa with a slurpee in her hand. She places the slurpee on the counter and then just drops everything else on the floor of the kitchen. She lays down on the floor just outside the kitchen.

  John: The mighty derby girl has returned!!
  Tatiana: *grunts*
  John: How was practice?
  Tatiana: Dude...you have no idea.
  John: That good huh.
  Tatiana: Have you ever heard of something called the derby tower of strength?
  John: No but it sounds hot.
  Tatiana: *gets off the floor and flops on the couch* Well lets just say it it weren't for pole dancing I don't think my body would ever forgive me.

  That's twice now in less than a week I have praised pole dancing for coming into my life. If it wasn't for that I might have died doing the 20km walk for cancer care (walk report still to come.) And I might have had my legs give out on me during practice yesterday. A lot of it was off skate which was awesome. The stuff that was on skate was just a lot of trying to feel comfortable doing certain things and to work on stuff like stopping. Yes stopping on roller skates...not as easy as you think. (okay the last stop in the video I would not recommend in an actual bout...that's how ankels get broken!)

  I knew I would hurt afterwards. That's a sign of a good workout. Now I didn't hurt as much as say after my first pole dancing class (some of you might remember me telling you I couldn't even do up my own bra.) But there is an element of pain today which is causing me to hobble about the office.

  Now some of you might be wondering why the hell I'm doing this to myself. First it's because I've been a fan of roller derby for years and years and years. I love everything about it and when I found out I could be part of it. Well I couldn't not do it. What kind of example would that be setting for my goddaughter (whose derby name shall be Haylee Comet) and my non-existant children? Do what you love and have a ball doing it. Second this is me trying to put myself out there more. Meet new people. Learn new things. Try something new. I've been the new kid so many times in my life either at school or church or in the new neighbourhood we moved to. It's not easy always being the new kid. I think this is the reason John is such a homebody he never wants to be the new kid because he has never been the new kid. *Funny story* Last time we were in Pierson we drove by a girl who was walking. My sister in law says "That's the new girl." I ask, "Do we like the new girl" she says yes. John asks, "How long has she been the new girl?" She says, "Almost 2 years." That's a small town for you. *End of Funny story* Third you have no idea what kind of stress reliever this is! I haven't even actually done a bout yet and probably won't for a while and I've only been to one official practice but I felt so zen afterwards. I get the same zen feeling from pole dancing. YAY!

  I'm very excited about what my future might hold in relation to debry so stay tuned.

  ps. Weird fact about me I actually use the word "dude" in conversation. A lot. And not just with John.

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