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come on feel the noise

ouchy wah wah..
i'm just recovering from the best day there ever was.
well, that's according to the alleygato.

first, the legos true ordered came in the mail. the ups man is so loved over here. "YAY, the brown guy is here!! you know what dat means?" freak out to follow.

then, we went to the big city. we bought some school clothes and had a nice meal, but we were there to roller skate. i've tried to remember how old i was when i last went roller skating. i really don't know.

the other weird thing, this particular rink was eerily familiar. i had long time ties to this part of town, so it's conceivable. but maybe it's just the generic set up of a roller rink. lockers, strobe lights, disco ball, dj station, snack bar & video games...paradise.

i apologized when i paid the entry fee. i didn't know what this was going to be like. the cashier assured me it would come right back. it did.

before long i was zooming along trying to teach the boys. true likes to squat down like a racer and just be pushed. which is fun, because honestly he doesn't care a thing about learning to roller skate. he just wants to go really fast and crash, and his skill and risk levels meet that criteria so we're all happy.

alleycat never got there. if i were to skate with him and hold his hand, it was like holding on to jerry lewis tapdancing on roller skates. never looked safe or even comfortable, and not a bit fun, but he kept going around, around and around and around. everytime, saying, "i can't skate but i'm practicing." cool, alex, very cool.

so i got overly comfortable. i'd skate with one boy and then circle around to check up on the other. we hokey pokied, we raced, we rested, and when it was almost all over, and the smiles were permablasted on our mugs WHOA, WHOA, WHU, THUD! i wiped out and took both boys with me. beautiful.

after that, i had one margarita, fed the boys and we drove home. all in all, it was the best day ever.

Posted by shoe at July 30, 2006 11:47 AM | TrackBack