Three days later and I'm still sore!

I don't know if I'm crazy or just stupid.  Either way, I've made the time and financial commitment to learn how to roller skate...with the Storm City Roller Girls!  Last week I found out that Vancouver has a roller derby league so I immediately went to check it out and enlisted.  Roller derby was something I thought about doing four years ago when I moved up here, but at the time, it was a little too far away, expensive, and time-consuming.  But the opportunity is here now - I might as well grab it while I'm still young enough to do so!

These pictures were taken at my first practice with Storm City.  In the first one, it almost looks like I know how to skate!  I'm envisioning sucking for a while, but since practice is 4 days a week, I'm hoping that I'll improve quickly.  We'll see!

And for those of you who read or watch Game of Thrones:

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Shit.  It's my turn to do the litter tonight.  :o(

What's the Deal with Reno?

Why do we keep going back to Reno for long weekends?  Well, for one, it's not Las Vegas.  We pretty much just stay at the Peppermill Resort and hang out there.  This last time around, we got a regular room because the spa suite that we first had was plagued by the ice machine just outside our door and a guy who tried to drunkenly break into our room at 3 in the morning the first night I was there.  So, we changed rooms - yes, there was no hot tub in the suite, but at least it was quiet.  And it was pretty!  It reminded me of my Uncle Danny's condo, which used to be all decked out with fancy-pants French antiques. 

Anyway, our stay was fun, and we actually came out ahead this time.  I had pretty good luck on the slot machines, but not as good as Chris, who hit a $300 jackpot on "Giant's Gold".  My new favorite game is "Great Owl", but I still managed to win a little on "Siberian Storm" as well.  Dang, I kind of like slots.  I guess I'm one of those people now (and by those people, I mean suckers).