Derby virgins no more!

Well Stacie's first bout is under her belt. They got their butts handed to them, but it was a very good experience for the whole team. I don't really have all the details, but Stacie said that they were on their butts quite a bit but they did score some points so it wasn't a total blow out. Jared and two of his friends got to go and see the bout and they had a great time. A big thank you to James and Nance who graciously opened their home to both Stacie and Jon and also Jared and his buddies. I understand they had a BBQ for all of them and that the boys enjoyed playing with both of Stacie's younger siblings. The next bout is in August, not sure of the date but I will have to go to that one. I feel ripped off that I didn't get to see her "debut" as Whomping Willow, but I am in total support of what she is doing because she loves it, and because I am the Mom;-) The derby association is supposed to have the bout on video and when they put that out I will send a link to anybody that is interested in seeing the Atomic City Roller Girls in action. Not the same as being there, but it will still be fun to see them in action. The girls have been sent quite alot of different messages to their myspace congratulating them on their first appearance, that is where I got the derby virgins saying from. I guess you could say they "popped their cherry", wow I can't believe I just put that in here. Some things never change I guess.

Thanks for the input!

Just wanted to drop a line to thank those for the input that has been given. Once I really get the hang of this whole thing I will figure out if or how to comment back. I know that Christina told me that she is reading, but doesn't comment so at least I know it is being viewed. Maybe there is a way to track how many visits to my site??

Off topic I thought I would let you, my fan club (ha ha ah) know the latest update with me and my knee situation. I went to the ortho doc. a couple of days ago and had x-rays taken for the first time in over 5 years. They showed that there is still some "cushion" between the bones in my knee so that is good news! The bad news to that is that if my knee doesn't respond to the physical therapy that I am getting right now then the only alternative is doing another arthroscopic surgery. I am going to have a knee brace fitting this coming Tuesday and will start back up with a few weeks of PT. I will of course take the week off for the coast, but that should be in the middle of therapy and hopefully I can do some excersises and a little extra walking while I am down there to make up for the fact that I am taking a week off. Only time can tell at this point!

Blogging

I always thought that there were different purposes for blogging, or having a blog. First it is a great way to keep everybody up to date as to what is happening in your life, and second it is a way to put different items up for discussion and feedback. It seems like either nobody is bothering to read, or they read and they just don't have any input! I guess I will just use this as a way to be a sounding board in a sense. I will just put my thoughts in writing and if I get any feedback then great, if not then I at least got to get it out of my system. So comment if you want to, and if you don't then I won't lose any sleep over it!

Stacie's first derby bout

Well the Tri-City Atomic Roller Derby Girls finally have their first bout coming up. It is this coming Saturday in Tacoma and she is pretty excited about it. They have been practicing very long and hard hours getting ready for this and they are all pretty nervous about it. I think that once they get their first bout under their belts they will settle down and know what to expect when they have their next bout in Spokane. If you happen to see her, wish her good luck!

Morals

I know that I am not the queen of everything high in the "morals" catagory so I guess my complaint would fall under scruples. Does anybody but myself find it wrong that a nurse can have a personal relationship with a doctor and due to that fact this certain doctor can "text" this certain nurse while she is working with a new order for one of his patients that she is caring for? After numerous times going to my manager with similar incidents like this and seemingly nothing being done about it I ask myself if I should care? If any of you have any thoughts on this subject I would like to hear them.

"Whomping Willow"

This is my fearless, beautiful daughter who is "Hell on wheels" and loves being in derby! And yes the 9 3/4 is done in permanent ink, aka "tattoo". She is a huge Harry Potter fan, thus the name Whomping Willow and the number being the 9 3/4.

Stacie and Jon