rosebee

I'm REALLY looking forward to my nice long vacation.

I want to get more casual/travel skirts (with my derby thighs skirts fit me better now than shorts).

Then there's the issue of suitcase size & weight. I want to take my derby gear, so I can skate with a local derby league while I'm visiting. But the skates are about 8 pounds by themselves, then there's all the padding & helmet & etc. It might not be worth it. I'm considering taking a 2nd checked bag (& paying the extra $35 each way) just so I have one suitcase for my derby stuff (sans helmet) and one suitcase for my clothes (plus derby helmet).

I want to go get a couple more of the amazingly wonderful Pack-It Cubes. I have a few already, and they are SOOOO handy for suitcase organizing. Plus when TSA has to open & rifle through my suitcase my clothes won't end up all over the place.

I'm going to wander down to REI at lunch and look at skirts & pack-it cubes. Perhaps though I should measure the suitcase I want to take and make sure it's not over the size limit. I have a smallish sized suitcase that's good for 4-6 day trips, but I'm going to be gone for 10 days. Either I try & cram everything into that smaller suitcase, or I take the larger (which may or may not be over the size limit).

I dropped too much money at the skate shop on Friday and bought myself new wheels & bearings, and new toe stops.

:D

Plus I went up to Portland yesterday afternoon for an amazing Derby clinic put on by Portland's nationally ranked travel team (5th in the nation, I think). It's so interesting learning from other people than my team's usual trainers. They do things completely differently, and teach things from a different perspective.

Today I get to have a massage!! :D I'm very excited by this!

I should go make myself breakfast. I'd love to go out & have someone else make me breakfast, but that costs money. Plus I have frozen microwaveable pancakes that are actually fairly decent. And I have eggs, so I might make myself some scrambled eggs. Or an omlette if I can scrounge up enough stuff to put in it.

As I suspected, one of my biggest challenges in Derby will be dealing with the stubborn impatient perfectionist who lives just beneath the surface of yours truly.

I need to learn how to turn it off, concentrate on the things I'm learning & improving on, and not the things I can't do need more work on.

I need to remember to relax & have fun at practice, and not get tense. I'll pass the various tiers when my mind & body are ready and getting stressed & tense about it isn't going to help (it will actually in fact harm).

Today, I tried hip assists for the first time! I also did the best I've ever done keeping up in a pace line! :)

And now it's time for ice cream. :)

Drive by posting to say I will be beyond excited when it's finally 5 o'clock on Friday.

BIG!GIANT!PROJECT! at work is due in <24 hours. I'm not nearly as done with it as I'd like.

I worked through part of my lunch, will likely work a little late tonight, and work through part of my lunch tomorrow.

Tonight I'm picking up MrB at 5:50, going home, changing into skating attire, packing my skate bag, & going skating. It'll be a good stress reliever (and a one of the last chances to practice before Saturday morning's tryouts!).