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norsegirlWent to the Calgary Roller Derby "Rookies Rumble" on Saturday with three other roller girls. Skated my little heart out and had a great time, but spent a lot of time in the penalty box (whooopsie, need to work on making sure my hits are legal). Woke up the next morning sore. Strangely, sore in my chest and arms and not feeling any pain at all in my legs, just like last time. I wonder why I seem to use my upper body so much in games and not in practice?
My solution to waking up stiff and sore on Sunday was to do another workout at home that day. The theory was to work and stretch my muscles a bit, get some blood flowing and feel better that way. The end result is that my chest and arms still hurt and because of all the leg lifts and stuff now my bum and legs hurt too. Practice tonight is going to kill me. Speaking of practice, I found out that the Calgary travel team practices 4 days a week!!!!! No wonder Gaia (who will be on X-Weighted on Wednesday) was able to shed the pounds so well. Though I wonder how one can do that and still have a life of any sort? I mean, I love derby and all, but I'm also fond of my husband and dogs, and having clean laundry on occasion is nice too.
My new piercing from last week is looking well at last. It was fine on day one, a little sensitive of course, but it looked healthy. I think I caught a bit of infection half-way through last week though as my ear was very red and hot to the touch. Not gross-infected, but maybe just getting the beginning of trouble. I treated it fairly aggressively with saline, alcohol and polysporin and it seems to have healed up nicely now. It will still be about 3 months before I can change the jewelery and about 6-12 months before it heals completely (apparently cartilage is very slow to heal). I can't quite sleep on that side yet, but it isn't distractingly painful any more at least.
Also, bought tickets to Tina Turner's farewell (again) concert in Toronto for November 13th. So I won't be home for Christmas, but if you want to see me that week in November, the line starts here.
My solution to waking up stiff and sore on Sunday was to do another workout at home that day. The theory was to work and stretch my muscles a bit, get some blood flowing and feel better that way. The end result is that my chest and arms still hurt and because of all the leg lifts and stuff now my bum and legs hurt too. Practice tonight is going to kill me. Speaking of practice, I found out that the Calgary travel team practices 4 days a week!!!!! No wonder Gaia (who will be on X-Weighted on Wednesday) was able to shed the pounds so well. Though I wonder how one can do that and still have a life of any sort? I mean, I love derby and all, but I'm also fond of my husband and dogs, and having clean laundry on occasion is nice too.
My new piercing from last week is looking well at last. It was fine on day one, a little sensitive of course, but it looked healthy. I think I caught a bit of infection half-way through last week though as my ear was very red and hot to the touch. Not gross-infected, but maybe just getting the beginning of trouble. I treated it fairly aggressively with saline, alcohol and polysporin and it seems to have healed up nicely now. It will still be about 3 months before I can change the jewelery and about 6-12 months before it heals completely (apparently cartilage is very slow to heal). I can't quite sleep on that side yet, but it isn't distractingly painful any more at least.
Also, bought tickets to Tina Turner's farewell (again) concert in Toronto for November 13th. So I won't be home for Christmas, but if you want to see me that week in November, the line starts here.
