Hear me ROAR!  That’s right, we found out this week that we are officially Roller Warriors!  I submitted my name as “Barbrarian” thanks to my new leaguemate Rita.  I really wanted a Dewey decimal number but unfortunately, they recently changed the rules and you can’t have symbols in your name (and a period is a symbol).  So my number is 511 (both my birthday and my height!).  I am really looking forward to this season as we start to scrimmage and learn the strategy of the game.  But there are some important things I need to tell you dear blog readers!

First, this weekend is the annual Polar Bear Plunge!  The Roller Warriors traditionally participate in this to raise money for the KC Special Olympics and I am participating in both the plunge and the 5k.  I am trying to raise $100 in 5 days!  (I got to this game a little late)  The Special Olympics is a really great charity and if you have $5 burning a hole in your bank account I would ask that you donate it them on my fundraising page.

Second, we have our first bout, Fresh Meat only, on Valentines Day (February 14th for those of you guys who haven’t figured that out yet).  It will be at the Winwood Skate Center and tickets will be $10.  Hopefully I will be getting tickets tomorrow night at practice and I can start selling them.  I am pretty sure the bout starts at 3pm but I am not totally sure about that yet.  I will be emailing everyone I know as soon as I have tickets!  I can’t wait to see you all there to watch me fall on my butt and have a great time doing it!