A Derby Birthday

Today is my birthday! I'm amazed with all the emails, phone calls and messages from all my family and friends. I truly am blessed to have such wonderful people in my life! Thank you all and much love! xo

On Saturday my friend Scott hosted a birthday party for me complete with a 35lb Prime Rib Roast that was cooking all day on a spit outside..OMG YUMMY! Thanks Scott for hosting this party I really had such a great time! I should reiterate how much I love all of my friends especially when they show up with a cake that says 21 instead of 39 ..LOL 

Several of my Derby Girls came to celebrate with me and the Shenanigans began! Great time girls and I am so glad that you came, good times were had by all! Some more than others! (hum hum Kitty Von Doom...*wink wink*  LOL)

Thanks Fire Crack Ya, Dii Mented and Pixel Ninja for tolerating my drunk ass till 4am! LOL ;) 

A few of us have birthdays this week...Crash N' Turn (August 6), Sin D Clobber (August 9) and myself (August 9).   Last Night we had a 3 hour rink practice! It was awesome although I was sure I would die at one point! (I'll get to that later..LOL) Pixel Ninja asked all of us to line up next to each other around the track.  Then he calls Crash N'Turn to the center and then called me to the center as well.  I got a little excited because I thought I was being called upon to do a demonstration ...yup not the case..LOL...Demonstration on how to skate around the track while 20 + derby girls smack your ass for your birthday! ...LOL

OK so stepping out of the birthday post for a second to update you on practice....as part of our skills test we have to skate 25 laps around the track in 5 minutes.  Some of the newer girls (myself included) were asked to skate 10 laps in 2 minutes (working us up to 5 minutes later) First go I did 9 laps, second go I did 8.  Not bad considering I haven't really been taught how to properly skate around the track.  Pixel Ninja wants us to do it naturally first then we will work on technique.  It does make a difference as you can see when watching the veterans skate way more than required in 5 minutes (Shout out to my Derby Wife Kitty Von Doom great job!) Wednesday night we will try again and Pixel Ninja will help us work on technique and how to incorporate the things we have already learned into skating the track properly.  I can't wait!

My ankle was really bothering me last night. Pixel Ninja loosen up my trucks on my skates and it felt sooooo much better! I was however over compensating before then and ended up with a really sore leg...so much so that I thought I would have to go home with my leg in a bag detached at the hip! It was cramping so bad I thought I would have to quit a couple of drills but there was no way I pushed myself and made it through! No way was I gonna quit! Quitting is not a word in my vocab any more!

Klem"Mydia Burns made an AMAZING chocolate cake with boiled icing for Crash N' Turn and I which we all shared in the parking lot after practice! Thanks so much girl it was DELICIOUS! 

Thanks girls for all the "love taps" and a special birthday wish for Crash N'Turn and Sin D Clobber xoxo :) 

So for the rest of my brithday well my Mom is coming to town tonight to share my birthday with me and I can't wait to see her and bring her to watch our practice tomorrow night!