This weekend Andy & I made the short 2 hour drive to
Andy’s best friend’s house in Richmond. I have two Aunt’s in Richmond and since
the shopping is much, much better there than in the Valley, I’ve made that
drive hundreds of times. This time we were not going for the shopping (although
I did squeeze some in), we went to see John’s girlfriend Jess in her Roller
Derby bout… yep, that’s right, she’s a Roller Derby Girl. And I’m insanely
jealous because she’s awesome.
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| On the way to Richmond |
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| Babe stopped at Starbucks for me! |
I’ve never been to a Roller Derby “bout” (yes, that’s what
their games are called). I did watch the movie about the roller derby girl (the
title I cannot remember), I think on our flight to Mexico, but somehow I missed
the real rules of the sport. Thankfully we caught the last 20 minutes of the
bout before Jess’ team bc we were completely lost! I would explain how it
works, but you can just do what I did and Google it (thank God for iphones).
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| This girl is amazing! |
I had made posters like a
nerd super-fan. And we got
insanely into the bout. We were jumping up, cheering, screaming for the jammer
and cringing when we thought she wouldn’t call off the jam before the other
jammer scored. We were tracking the scoreboard and freaking out when the other
team closed in on the 20 point lead – no worries tho, Jess’ team won. This
sport is awesome.
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| Roller Derby Girls! |
I’ve insisted to babe ever since leaving the bout that I
want to be a Roller Derby Girl. I can’t think of a better way to exercise AND
get my aggression out! AND they get really awesome nick names… what more could
you want? Babe would say “no broken bones”…
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