It's Official!

I passed the final tryouts tonight so I have now achieved skater level status with the Gem City Rollergirls! This means that I will be added to the roster of 20 skaters who can compete in the bouts that will begin in April. Yayyyy!!!! It has been a grueling 8 weeks of practices and tryouts, especially with my work schedule, so I am pretty damn proud of myself! Check here or your email for updates on scheduled scrimmages and bouts.

Oh, and I chose "Calculating Bitch" for my skater name. The geek accountant/comic in me could not resist. LOL However, since it's a family-friendly league I have to use Beetch instead which is Ok with me. My number will be "10-Key". This is a calculator in accountant speak for those who don't know. :)

CAN-AM Broomball Tournament

The Dayton men's and women's broomball teams traveled to Syracuse, NY to play in the 25th annual CAN-AM Broomball Tournament from January 9-11, 2009. I have been playing broomball for 2-3 years in recreation leagues... it is not a big sport in Dayton so no one really takes it that seriously. So, we went to Syracuse thinking it would be similar to our league play. Little did we know that the Canadians take broomball VERY seriously! Us girls showed up all smiles in our pink t-shirts and mismatched equipment, but the Canadian girls showed up looking very serious along with perfectly matched uniforms (hockey jerseys NOT t-shirts), premium equipment, and coaches! They looked very well fed also. :)

I am in the back row on the far left.

The only one not smiling.

I didn't like getting my ass kicked all day long. LOL

We were guaranteed three games on Saturday... good thing so we could at least get our money's worth. The Canadians were well-practiced and well-coached and schooled us!! We lost 4-0, 5-0, and 2-0 and obviously did not advance to Sunday's finals. The men lost every game as well, but they at least scored a goal. I don't think we even had a shot on goal. Oh well! It was fun, something cool for the blog, and yet another interesting life experience so I don't look back and ask "what if?" when I am old and gray(er).

My good friend, Phil "Block Cheese" Cheesebrough is the goalie

for the men's team. He made some amazing saves during the

tourney. Those shooters were relentless!

Roller Derby Update

I passed the first round of skater evals tonight which means I am now considered a Recruit (rather than a Newbie) and just one step away from being a full-fledged Gem City Rollergirl. Yayyyy! I am very tired and sore from the major amount of skating and hitting tonight, but I scored 100% on the evals and was complimented on how hard I hit so it was worth the effort! Not too bad considering I am the oldest chickie on the track. Anyway, this new development means that I MUST pick a name this month because I have to register it right after I pass the second round of skater evals in early February. I guess I better get my brain in gear.

Florida Vacation

I had a great vacation!!! I soooooo needed one to recover from a crazy-busy 2008 plus a break from the cold weather and dreary grey skies in Dayton is always wonderful. A dose of time with my fun sister along with the beautiful Florida weather was just the right combo. We went to the theatre, threw out beads in the Outback Bowl Parade, lazed on the beach, partied at Skipper's Smokehouse on NYE, played Scrabble and Boggle, visited a greyhound farm, cruised around in the Miata, and did lots of chit chatting. Shelley's blog has better descriptions of the major events since she is the creative talent in the family. My talent is performing basic arithmetic and separating the numbers into columns. hehe Anywho, I am refreshed, relaxed, and ready to kick some ass in 2009!


Me, Shelley, and Liz on NYE at Skipper's. The party had a retro theme and featured bands playing songs from 1968. Awesome sing-along tuneage! In keeping with the theme, I put a few braids in my hair, Shelley donned a retro hat, and Liz wore tye dye.