Lesson learned...

point taken...

So, on Wednesday it will be three weeks that I have been here in OR.Besides being totally broke, freaking out about the $600 airfare for moving completely out of my apartment before June 30th, and looking for jobs incessantly, I have also been looking for a sports store that has rollerblading gear/parts so I could clean my bearings and rotate my wheels. I have been quite unlucky in my search, and though this state/city is insane about their bicycling, there has been no sight of any rollerblading accessories (let alone any blades!)...

I now know why.


I was in need of el diet soda, so I thought that after my painting endeavor, rather than take Louie's pride and joy out (and risk dirtying-or worse-RAIN upon--the newly washed interior and exterior), I decided to rollerblade to the grocery store.

I knew after about five minutes of complete downhill coasting that I was going to be in for a world of hurt.

Due to my stubbornness, I kept going, disregarding the NO SKATEBOARDING NO ROLLERBLADING -- STRICTLY ENFORCED sign posted in the parking lot, returned Jesus Camp (another blog topic for later discussion) to Blockbuster, and de-bladed. I get several looks/stares--almost as if I had three heads. Now, it could have been that I was singing with my Ipod too loudly, or that my hair was all crazy pushed back with a neon green headband, or maybe people have never seen a fat girl on rollerblades. It could have been that I was wearing flip-flops with socks or that my Milwaukee Brewers t-shirt was a foreign entity...whatever it was--it was weird.

So after pounding an Odwalla lemonade, I re-bladed, and started off back home. I flew by some little boys on their bicycles, and a lady with her dog (mini-ugmo dog) that yanked it back as if I were going to maul it, and began my hellish uphill journey.

Holy. Fack. At one point I think I had to pause, and began rolling back downhill because there was still a mighty ascent left for me to complete.

Maybe the hills ARE too sucky for rollerbladers...


Or, maybe I am just SUPER-ASS-OUT-OF-SHAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I am going with the latter...just because I don't want to give up blading yet!!!