feet are frustrating sometimes

so I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and in the midst of it, it occurred to me to ask him about my black toenails and if they needed to be drained or anything (he said no) but then he asked if I put arch inserts in my skates and I was like "no, but I am intrigued as to why I might" and he said that if I did that, it would hold my foot in place better and and I said "oh that is a very good idea" and he said that he could give me the name of the guy he uses to help fit his ski boots and I said "yes I would like that" and so I got it and I have an appointment next week.  We'll see what he says.

#72 and #73

First games of the home season went well!  Fell a few times (once when I was taken out by a skater, once when I just fell for no reason - guess which one gave me the bruise).  Made some calls.  Didn't die.

Sunday was an open scrimmage hosted by my league - I HRed the first half.  There was one point where one of the jammers must've thought that the jam was over, because left the track, taking off the star.  The jam actually ended shortly after that, and my thought process went something like hm, that was weird, he just sort of wandered off the track....which is a skating out of bounds penalty oh crap I have to go over and assign that to him.

I definitely have things to work on when doing inside pack stuff.  

Going to Toronto this weekend for another doubleheader (OPR an other game, JR a sanctioned) and then there's a scrimmage in Buffalo Sunday morning.  I can stay at my dad's on Saturday night, so I'll probably go to that.

When you're an official there's SO MUCH DERBY YOU CAN DO.

what's that feeling? the opposite of shame?

I didn't get in last year, so this is a big deal for me.  Yaaaaay!

The parade was COLD.  Attendance was really really really low.  I wore four or five layers and was still chilly. It was still fun, though; it always is.

Yesterday I was scorekeeper for a home teams game in Buffalo.  It was a lot of fun - we were all confident enough in our jobs that we could joke around and not miss a beat.

This weekend is our league's home opener, a sanctioned/regulation doubleheader.  OPRing the first and JRing the second. Wheee!

laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

For the time being, I have switched back to my old skates.  Not sure what I'm gonna do in the long-term though.

Tomorrow is the St. Patrick's Day parade and it's gonna be cold, yay, and by yay I mean NOT YAY.

Chaya skates review - an update

I really think now that my skates are just the wrong size.  My boots are a size 6, which is (per their website) 241mm.  My actual foot is closer to 251mm, which would put me in a 7 or 8. 

I've started with size 6 boots before, but they've been Riedell boots, with are all leather and stretch out to fit.  The Chayas are mostly carbon fiber and don't stretch.  At any rate, I've sent an e-mail to the company to see what they think.

On the other hand, I totally crank my toestops in waaaaaaaaay too high, which probably doesn't help.  You're supposed to fit three fingers under your back wheel when you're on your toestops, and I had four, easy.  I lowered them at practice last night (and rotated them, too - my left one was a good quarter-inch more worn down than the right) but I couldn't tell if that helped because my toes still hurt, what with them turning black (did I mention it's both now? wheeeeeee)