Uffda...WFTDA

Corny Title no?

I feel since I'm Minnesotan I can get away with that :D.  Another practice recap-and oh boy is it a rough one.

It was skills testing day....dum dum duuuum.  I was/am no where near ready to test.  I can't even do a single knee fall.It's rough.  But Aries A. Fliktion MADE me do it!  I was like, nope,nope,nope, nope.  I felt that I wasn't ready, WAAAAY outside my comfort zone.  But in the end, I'm glad she did it.

By no means did I make WFTDA my bitch, but I learned so much and was surprised at how much I could do.  But the impending doom of the 25:5 made my anxiety go into hyper-drive.  So 3 of us started with falls first while another bunch did their 25:5 first.  I personally liked having the two groups split. Less pressure and more one on one attention-since I had no idea what I was doing.

There are small tidbits of success stories from that night.  I was able to successful do a one legged knee fall on my left. Was almost there on my right. That may not seem like a lot to some of you, but that was HUGE progress for me. My mother was there to cheer me on and that felt great. She did really well with her skills testing.

We were almost done with the little testing things and the 25:5 kept getting closer.....and closer....and closer. I started having little panic attacks.  Then they continued to progress to a point where I couldn't calm myself down. It can get pretty scary.  I had to stop skating, then I kept getting mad at myself for stopping!  Oy, it's a vicious cycle, with talking to my sister it was decided that I need to take my anti-anxiety medication and call it quits for the night.  BLARGH. So mad.

I felt down about it and posted some debbie downer facebook status.  And I have to tell you, the love from the derby fam lifted my spirits like no ones business.

In conclusion, skills testing sucks, but I still love derby! And I have included some GIFS that made me laugh so loud.  Keep in mind that I'm not a jammer by any stretch of the imagination but wanted to share some derby things :D


Jammer GIF

Jammer GIF


-Auf Wieder Slayin'