The excitement in my life

I got to go out on Saturday! Can you believe it? I make it sound as though I've been chained to the house, but I just get super excited when I get to leave the house with the kids (with supervision, of course) still in it! I went to a real-life, honest to goodness, fantastically exciting, roller derby bout! My sister and I have been wanting to go, but feared we wouldn't be able to find tickets! It turns out the girl who drives my Mother's new carpool is a team member! So my sister and I ended up at the roller derby with my parents, a friend of my Mom's and a friend of hers. An unlikely group, I'll grant you, but we made them sit in suicide seating! Hahahaha! That means there was a very good chance we would get crashed into. But we didn't. Too bad. It was really great, from beginning to end. There were tables with t-shirts and other fan gear for each team, and the refs, a hotdog truck outside, and teenagers on roller skates selling programs! Everything was so wildly professional! The athletes warmed up in their fishnets and miniskirts, with their nicknames on the back of their tank top jersey, or on their butt. The national anthem was performed with great talent, and many of the 1100 fans joined in. The music was loud, the cheering was louder and the refs' whistles were loudest! It didn't seem that the beer gardens were hopping with business, but people must have been sneaking in when I wasn't looking! There were 2 particular fans that really stood out in the crowd, mostly because they had accidentally bought the ladies tank top fan gear, and nearly fell out of the stands every time a particular jammer came out. My sister and I enjoyed watching their antics almost as much as the bout itself! In the end the home team, the Tar Sand Betties, lost by 4 points. But really, the entire bout was so fantastic that no one cared about the score. It was just win-win! This was the first home game for the Betties, and hopefully the great fan turn out will encourage more in the near future! By the way, my sister and I both want to join up. There are a few obstacles in the way though. It seems they play 4 or 5 away games for every home game, and I don't know that the kids are ready for Mommy to be gone for 2-3 days at a time yet. Also, I'm in no shape to rollerskate for 2 hours! Maybe next year? ;)