Catch me if you can

Wow, what a week it’s been! Derby practice started back up and I’ve been skating a lot and getting faster and I just keep having more fun every time. I also took my second artistic class, at which I ran into our derby coach, Coach Ken. He also coaches the local artist skate club. He surprised me by trying to persuade me to switch from derby to figure skating. I told him to ask me again in 5 years. Artistic skating is certainly harder, but it doesn’t thrill me much. I’m just doing it to improve my skill set and comfort level on skates. I’m more likely to go for jamskating. Dancing on roller skates has a lot of appeal since dancing and skating are two of my all-time favorite activities.

On Thursday evening we all(Me, Steve, Rio and Tyle plus Darelle the neighbor kid) entered a dodgeball tournament at Rio’s school, and that was big fun, too, at least everyone but Rio had fun. He was tired, cranky, and inconsolable all night, which is a shame because it was otherwise a good time.

Later that same night Steve and I went to Retro Skate and that was lots of fun. I pushed myself, trying to skate low and fast, weaving through the crowd. I got a good workout, which is a bonus. However, I very nearly broke my neck once when I collided with a guy twice my size. We both went down and he inadvertently slammed me into the edge of the wall, my neck taking the force of the blow. I heard all the vertebrae in my neck crack in succession when I hit. It’s pretty sore today but I feared much worse at the time so I think I got off lucky.

I had a consultation with a surgeon about my lump, which was recently re-diagnosed as a lipoma. He looked at it and said, “That’s not a lipoma. It’s fluid.” He thought he could drain it with a needle but warned me it might fill back up again. I wanted to find out if he was right, so I told him to go ahead and give it a try. I don’t mind needles and I’m game for anything that might work, especially since it’s non-invasive. Well, it didn’t work. He didn’t find any fluid. So he decided that I’ve probably had this lipoma all along, and I just never noticed it until I banged it up and it became painful.

You tell me, what woman doesn’t notice a fatty growth the size of a lemon on her ass?? As if.

I don’t care what they want to call it, just get rid of the damn thing already.

He scheduled my surgery on the 30th, and then all the secrets of the mysterious lump will be revealed. Stay tuned. There will be before and after pictures!

So yeah, it’s been an action-packed week and I enjoyed every minute. Now it’s Friday night and Steve and I are staying home for a quiet night. We’ll make our own fun;)