June 2, 2011
Sam and Joy’s elementary school had a field day last week (running races). When he went to school, his pants were fine. When he came home, they
looked like this.
It was the second pair in a couple of weeks that this happened to so off we went to Target to buy new jeans. Then we meandered through the bikes and toys area and found skates! My kids are the awkward, uncoordinated ones at the skating rink so I bought them all a pair. Roller skates for Sam and roller blades for Joy, Nathan, and Melody which also fit me. So I tried them out—I skated all the time when I was a kid but I’ve never worn roller blades.
Needless to say, I don’t have roller blading muscles. I skated Saturday and Monday for about 10 minutes and now I have sore muscles. Joy and Sam are pros now and don’t understand what Melody and I are talking about when we say we can feel the muscles. She said, “Sam and I don’t use any muscles to skate.” Yeah, I remember being a kid, too. I’m not wild about roller blades because there are no brakes to drag like there are on skates. Talk about no control. But obviously, I need the workout so today, I went online and ordered roller skates. They look straight out of the 70’s. I can’t wait. In the 90’s, it would have been embarrassing to wear any such thing but now, all things 70’s have become cool. Yep, there’s something seriously wrong with the world. I may as well use that to my advantage.
I rollerskated as a little girl, but only indoors. Outdoor skating was too hard.. all those little rocks and such to deal with was too much. Indoors was fun as you could really get going fast! Enjoy and be careful!
ReplyDeletemy parents moved to Paseo Navarro when I was five and the cul-de-sac was great for skating
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a girl the skates we had were the kind that you had to put on the bottom of your shoe. They had a key that would tighten the skates grabber thingys onto the bottom of your shoe! Times sure have changed. Yes, and I too had fun skating! Me and Deryl were at a skating rink with the Single Adults the night before he asked me to marry him. He was so jealous that I was with another guy! Funny how much memories are connected with something like a skate!
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