Baby Blase

I made it!!!!!!!!! More details Monday! That’s all for tonight. Thank you. Listening: The Black Keys (my magical meditation music for the past 9 weeks)

AN UPDATE: 1. Finances – we have been scrambling to take on and get out as much work as we can as we find ourselves taking on another mortgage (losing a renter and putting your rental property on the market means an immediate loss of income and triple-gain of stress). However, we have faith that [...]

Tryouts were last night. And I made it… into a pool of girls, of whom 10 will be cut in about 6 weeks. With any luck I will be drafted and will join the ranks of these amazing women, on one of the 4 pro-derby teams in Austin, TX. When I got H this morning [...]

Tryouts are tomorrow. Which means (tryouts) I am spending today (tryouts!) attempting to not (tryouts!!!) think about them (tryouts!!!!!)… unsuccessfully. In all my almost-thirty-five years, I’m pretty darn sure I have never wanted anything this badly. Not even that first My Little Pony. Wish me luck! Listening: The Black Keys UPDATE: I’m serious. Wish. Me. [...]

I played for two teams for our last scrimmage of the season – the T-Birds and the Hawaiian Punchers. With the help of Sweethurt’s “magic tape” (Kinesio Tape) the knee held up and all was great – THANK YOU Sweethurt – if you happen to read this – I still owe you a drink!!! There [...]

About a thousand years ago I hyper-extended my knee in softball while running back to first base to avoid being thrown out by the pitcher. The meniscus cartilage was torn as was the ACL. I got a brace and stayed off it for a bit. Then I went to college where late-nights and a beer-drinking [...]

Biking home from pre-school yesterday I was sucking wind trying to ride up our big hill and was loosing ground to Marc and Harrison. When, out of nowhere, H turned back to look at me and yelled, “You can do it mommy!” Which is cute as hell even without the knowledge that he has never [...]

Sinnerfold and Obi Mom Kenobi at Speed Skate practice. Photos by Obi Dad Kenobi. Me: “Mommy has to go to skating practice.” Harrison: “Mommy goes super-fast!” – swings his hands back and forth quickly – “schzoom schzoom schzoom schzoom” “SuperFast!” Listening: Sandwitches

The last scrimmage of the spring season for Wreck-League was Sunday. My parents are in town so, they got to see it. I was really excited for them to see what all their years of supporting my athletic aspirations as a kid had turned into, 20 years later. We won, but, it’s really all about [...]

AHHHH! I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME! And my knee stayed in place (right there in the center of my leg where it’s supposed to – imagine that!). With the help of some magic tape (not the Japanese kind) but, still just as magical. I was part of an amazing team of brand-newbies like me [...]