jersey rippa’
Roller Derby, why have I not been to see you before? You are awesome.
I went on Saturday for my friend Anne’s birthday – to see the four teams in the Rat City Rollergirls. Awesome, awesome, awesome time! When I was a kid, I *lived* in my roller skates – to the point that, when skating, I would crawl through my house to use the bathroom because I wasn’t allowed to wear the skates inside but didn’t want to take them off. So I loved this. The games were exciting and the crowd was entertaining – and we *loved* the names of the Rollergirls and the ref’s. So much fun, I will definitely be back.
We loved the names so much, in fact, that we all came up with our own roller derby names. Jersey Rippa’ is yours truly.
Plus, small town that Seattle truly is, I ran into three friends there and later found a fourth was there as well. 
All of them are folks I hadn’t seen in way too long.
I don’t know of the legality of posting photos of the actual bouts (anyone know?) but here’s a photo of my friend A and I afterwards, looking tough.
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Posted: April 15th, 2010 under friends, seattle.
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April 15th, 2010 at 8.05 pm
hey erin, thanks for swinging by our blog and leaving a comment. i’ve read your most recent posts so far and wanted to wish you good luck on your ivf journey. my wife got pregnant with our youngest daughter via IVF. we had similar package options and if we had more vials of our donor would have probably gone into the shared risk option because it seemed safest. i carried our oldest and we wanted the kids to have a bio connection and only one vial left of our retired donor. so had it not worked i would have probably carried our 2nd so buying anymore than 1 try didn’t make sense for us. needless to say, it’s a whole lot to think about but i know my personality and if we bought a package with more than one try it would have removed a whole lot of pressure and anxiety about needing it to work on the first try for me and so it likely would have. anyway, i’ll look forward to reading more about your experience, it’s nice to virtually meet you.
April 17th, 2010 at 10.19 pm
the rat city roller girls are awesome! i have a friend on the throttle rockets team. i can ask her if it’s ok to post photos of the bouts. i’ll let you know what i find out.
April 18th, 2010 at 4.45 pm
Thanks, Kat and Amy. And welcome to the blog.