One Sunday afternoon session, I think it was my 3rd week of skating, the rental counter didn't have any skates in my size. What to do, get a size larger? Heck no. I sat down to think for about 4 seconds, then walked into the tiny skate shop to check out skates and prices, thinking of it more as a diversion till I would check back at the rental counter to see if my size was available. To my surprise DD1 was in the shop trying on skates. She hadn't quite decided on which model to get and btw [by-the-way] she and DDF were going to sign up for roller derby.
The declaration about derby didn't register at the time but I recall feeling the excitement in the girls. It didn't take long before I decide to participate in this shopping fever and buy a pair of skates too. Logic: even if I only skated occasionally I'd never again have to face the "out of your size" answer at the rental counter. At that point in time (June of 2009) I had no idea how much skating would change my life.
The declaration about derby didn't register at the time but I recall feeling the excitement in the girls. It didn't take long before I decide to participate in this shopping fever and buy a pair of skates too. Logic: even if I only skated occasionally I'd never again have to face the "out of your size" answer at the rental counter. At that point in time (June of 2009) I had no idea how much skating would change my life.
