Whelp, it's the last day of the year 2014. I usually try to get a little recap going, so here goes.
This past year was a mixed bag. A few good things, and not to be negative here, but the bad happenings seem to overshadow the good, unfortunately.
I made our Burning River Roller Girls Hazmat (B) travel team this year. It ended up being too much for me at that specific time in my life, so I ended up leaving travel team and continued to focus on my home team, The Rolling Pin-Ups. The Pin-ups ended up winning the Hazard Cup this year, which was absolutely amazing. I ended up winning the Best Jammer award for the Pin Ups at our awards banquet. That meant more to me than people will ever understand. This past derby season was fantastic. Our league ended up splitting the home team and travel team seasons for this upcoming season, which swayed my decision to focus on traveling with the league again. Ive been working my ass off to train and eat like a fucking athlete, and am hoping that will get me far with the travel team. I'm super pumped and feeling positive about the upcoming season...lots of good things in store for the derbz.
I had my 5th concussion during the season. Took a skate check and fell backwards on my head. Took me about 6 weeks of pure rest to get back on my skates and back to contact again. My doctor told me he didn't want me playing anymore, but knew I would anyways, so he finally cleared me. That 6 weeks was a true test to my mental and physical health. No more concussions for me plz.
I moved out of my wretched old apartment and into a beautiful home with my friend, Casey. We've had our hard times, but overall, living here is very positive. Our dogs love each other and have a nice yard to run in, and Casey and I get to spend our time together eating delivery sushi and watching Netflix when we arent working. We're adults and stuff.
I found what seems to be the love of my life. A league-mate asked me if I could cover an Ultimate Frisbee tournament for a weekend, and I did. Why not, right? Some hottie asked me for advice on his knee, and I ended up asking him for his phone number, thinking I'd probably never hear from him or see him again. I mean, he's from Ann Arbor...who gives a crap about that place anyways? Whelp, a little over 5 months later and we're still together. We see each other as much as we can, and he's planning to move here in the spring.
I found out I am going to be an aunt this past year. My nephew, Tank, will be born in early March. I cannot wait to be an aunt. I got to feel little Tankers kick in my sister in law's stomach recently, and it was the coolest experience.
The year, sadly, ended in one of the worst ways possible. I lost a good friend and a teammate to a car accident. Ragey was an amazing woman, friend, teammate, and mother. This past season was obviously HER season. She cleaned up at the awards banquet, and rightly so. Words cannot explain what a badass she was on the track. Words also cannot explain how fucking hilarious Rage was. You couldnt help but smile in her presence. I lost a good friend, Burning River lost a great athlete, the world lost a wonderful person. That's all I can even say about that anymore.
When Ragey was in the hospital, I decided to start training harder and getting my nutrition in perfect order. I thought "if she cant, I'll do it for her." So I started lifting more regularly and keeping track of my macros and micros on MyFitnessPal. When she passed away, I gave myself a week to mourn and grieve, and then get my shit back in order. I hit the workouts even harder, and got even more dedicated to my food intake. So I have been ending this year strongly, and will continue this for as long as humanly possible. Rage has sparked my need and want to be a better athlete on the track, so I dedicate my upcoming season to her.
All in all, I don't really have a New Years resolution. I think they are rather silly. You shouldnt start something because of a date, and you sure as hell should see things through ALL year EVERY year. I'm just gonna keep doing what I'm doing, and hope that 2015 has good shit in store.
Happy New Year, everyone!
Rage On.
