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So you know how when you try to keep something private, everyone seems to know about it?  Well I was trying to keep this on the down low but everyone has asked me about it which means they all know anyway (apparently I would make a horrible spy as I can’t even keep my own secrets).  I am going to try out for roller derby!

That’s right.  I hope to be doing this someday!  I really hope I get to wear a cool retro costume too!  (although I will definitely be wearing pads and a helmet as I like my bones intact)  I wasn’t keeping this a secret because I wanted to tell some people and not others but much like an unplanned pregnancy you don’t want to tell anyone until  you are going to go for it (yes my analogies need work).  I didn’t want to tell everyone I was trying out and then not make it and have to be reminded every day when someone would ask me how it went.

So here is the deal.  I am letting you (the entire world wide web) in on my little secret and in return you have to wait patiently to find out if I made it or not.  The tryouts aren’t till December, so you are going to have to wait a while but you will survive.  I will not survive if I have to relive my shame every time someone cheerfully asks me if I made a team.  For now, I am in Pump Up Camp learning the rudimentary skills of roller derby, and getting my ass handed to me on skates!  But if you know me, you know I don’t do anything half-assed.  So get ready world.  I am going to be a roller derby girl come December or break several bones trying!

Wish me luck!

P.S. if you have questions about trying out for the KC Roller Warriors…go ask someone else, I don’t need any more competition!

Its that time of year again! This afternoon I hop on a plane to Harrisburg PA where I will be retrieved by the lovely Rachel and we will rush back to her apartment in Carlisle to quickly shove all the dirty clothes in the closet and try to make a sleeping space for everyone. Sometime around 1am Annie and Laura should arrive from DC and then we all have a pillow fight and go to bed.
Friday morning we invade the PA Amish country! (lock up your sons) before making it to Baltimore to hang with Rachel’s mom and pick up our last member, Katie, from the airport. The rest of the weekend will be filled with roller skating, shopping, museums, night clubs and princess diaries II! I CAN”T WAIT!!!!!!!!! Nothing better than an extended weekend with the girls!