When we were kids, Sister and I used to roller skate all the time in our basement. (Making the downstairs bathroom very useful; we didn’t even need to take our skates off if we had to go! And this picture, incidentally, is a peak at my bedroom at my folks' house.) Around the time I was 10 or 11, I bought some new skates. I thought I would be very practical by buying a pair that were several sizes too big for me so that I could grow into them and never need to buy skates again. This was my clever plan to save money. Unfortunately, I grossly misjudged how big my feet would get, and never even came close to fitting into them properly.The good news is that Sister outgrew her skates, and when she took a pair of skates from my parents’ basement, where they were stored with a random assortment of other rejected childhood items, back with her to Iowa, her skates were too small, but my old skates fit her perfectly. I decided that I should take her skates. It turns out they are a little large. I am fairly convinced that my feet have actually shrunk in the past few years.
Anyway, after putting one skate in my bag and the other in Husband’s so that the weight would not be overwhelming, I was excited to begin skating in NYC. Except that it is fucking freezing here right now. Sure, I tried to skate a bit in my apartment, but it is really too filled with furniture to get a good roll on. The lobby worked a bit better, but out of fear of being yelled at, I only did a quick loop around it.
Oh spring. Please get here soon.
I am such a roller skating nut. I tried to buy skates on ebay (many times) but never succeeded. If I get some, I will come skate in your lobby.
ReplyDeleteI can't remember if I ever learned how to roller skate, but I was an excellent roller blader.
ReplyDeleteroller skates rule! My sweetie got me some last year (rollergirl.com) and I LOVE them! the only problem is that SF has so many hills- i haven't yet mastered the the fine art of slowing down...
ReplyDeleteThe next time you visit me bring your skates and I can take you to the "in" roller skating place around here :)
ReplyDeleteoops that first one was me too. I don't know what the deal is with me.
ReplyDeleteI laughed when I read this, then I laughed again when I read leftcoast's comment. Right after I had my son two years ago, I found skates at the local thrift store. I got all kinds of nostalgic and excited and gladly laid out the $5.00. At home with my new found piece of childhood I put them on, went outside and suddenly realized two things: (1) I hadn't rollerskated in twenty years and (2) I lived on a hill.
ReplyDeleteThe little girl across the street watched me with a puzzeled expression as I slammed into the tree at the end of my drive and asked me what I was doing. When I said, "Rollerskating." she shook her head and said, "You aren't very good at it are you?" I hadn't laughed that hard in years.