I.... have derby practice tonight

outdoors, and no contact, but....

I have derby practice tonight.

I HAVE DERBY PRACTICE TONIGHT!!!!!!!!

will we ever return? IT IS A MYSTERY

so the weather is starting to get nice again, I should probably start skating outside again

I should start seriously checking out the paved trails near me

(lots of "I should" sentences)

ow and ow and ow

 so on New Year's Day I dropped the edge of a table on my right big toe

toenail is a lost cause

I suppose if it had to happen, I'm glad it happened while derby is not happening

...

normally this time of year I would be doing a year in review thing, where I'd post links to some entry from each month that encapsulated my derby experience of that month

instead I'm just going to sigh very heavily

I do want to say that I was lucky to have the experiences I did have this year - I got to be a THR!  I officiated three games, which is three more than a lot of people this year!  I got to see my son be a frickin' awesome NSO!  

so yeah, wear your goddamn masks and hopefully we can get back to this sport soon.

some people are optimistic

 my son and his best friend exchanged Christmas presents early

he was given a pair of black combat-ish boots

he said he probably wouldn't wear them on a daily basis but would definitely wear them to derby things

I said "if there are derby things"

and he said "there will be.  don't worry."

I will hold onto that

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decided to read through past entries

"Then we're on break until September, so it'll be three weeks of no derby.  That will be odd."

TRY EIGHT MONTHS OF NO DERBY WEEP WEEP WEEP SIGH

still here, sorta

I'M GETTING REAL TIRED OF THIS, YO

our league is inching ever closer to meeting baseline, but I'm not going back to indoor practices until there's a viable vaccine

which probably means my derby days are over

but I'm not thinking of it like that

I'm not sure what I'm thinking of it like, TBH

 

helmet decoration ahoy!

 

(the black sticker is covering the S1 logo)

the Miffy design is one I created a few years ago, based off a "Queen Miffy" design (I added the stripes and the wheels)

I have a sticker that says "YOU'RE HECKLING THE WRONG RULE SET" that I want to put on the other side so badly but I should probably refrain.