Carolina Roller Girls Bouts-Dorton Arena 6/12/10

It's been 5 months since I began this journey into the roller derby world. I've learned so much in a short amount of time. My skating has improved quite a bit but I know I can be so much better. I've gone to a couple of bouts in the past few months also. Since I've never seen a bout they've been an opportunity to learn more about the sport. The skill level with every bout has improved and I've learned something different from each one.

This past weekend we drove down to Raleigh to check out the Carolina Roller Girls' two bouts. Brian and I picked up my friend who lives in the area and we headed to Dorton. The first bout was between the Carolina Bootleggers and the Columbia Quad Squad. Unfortunately, they lost but it was a good bout. Both teams played hard. The next bout was between the Carolina All-Stars and Dutchland All Stars, a team from Pennsylvania. This bout was probably the fastest one I've seen yet and showed some different skills and strategies I've never seen. I was so glad I got to watch these teams in action, they were awesome. My friend even got into it after I explained to him how the bouts are played and the rules. The Carolina All-Stars pulled off the win, too!

Seeing the bouts only makes me more inspired to go for it. These girls have fun out there, even though they're serious about winning. Hopefully, I'll get to experience it firsthand in the near future.

Wanted: Mommysitter?

So being a stay-at-home mom has brought more challenges than I thought. In my naivety, I thought I could be the superwoman; take care of baby, stay on top of laundry, keep the house immaculately clean. Yeah, right. Now, I'm not the most organized person out there I'll admit but if I ever had a chance to be, it's gone now. Logan takes up a lot of time, most of it's fun stuff but I didn't realize how much would get layed to the wayside. Now, I suppose you could say, "well, you could take the time you're writing this blog to do some of that stuff." True enough, but she'll only nap for about 20 minutes and I need some form of free therapy.


What I really need is a nanny for me or a maid or maybe both. Maybe what I need is a mommysitter. They would take care of me, make sure I eat and do some light housework, too. Yes, I said make sure I eat because I can forget in the midst of making sure Logan eats. She wouldn't be here for only those reasons, she would provide adult conversation while my husband's at work. I love to babble with my baby but sometimes you need some consonants and actual sentences. She could watch the baby some while I do some other housework and she would definitely accompany me to the grocery store.


It sounds silly, right? I'm a stay-at-home mom and my only job is to take care of my baby and do the housework and I sound like I'm complaining. Waa waa waa. I'm not complaining but some days it would be nice to be able to start something without having 20 interuptions or walk into the next room to get something without some form of protest. But hey, that's what having a kid is about and I wouldn't trade it for a thing.