I went rollerskating for the first time yesterday. Sara has been wanting to go for a really long time and she decided that her birthday weekend was an appropriate time to go to a skating rink. It was fun... as much as an activity that has completely terrified constantly that you're going to break your ankle at any moment can be.

The day after, my neck hurts--my left arm was sore last night, and my legs aren't in tip-top shape. This is because I fell down--a lot. I'm assuming that most complete beginners fall down quite a bit when they first start, but still... it hurts.

Sara told me that I was doing really well for a complete beginner, but there were 4 year olds blazing around the rink at 6 times the speed I was going at. So comparatively speaking, I wasn't that great.

There were a couple of kids that *weren't* completely showing me up and were just beginning like yours truly. But... well, there was this one kid who was completely flailing his legs all over the place (as opposed to my slow but steady descent towards the floor) right in front of where I was taking a break. He took a seat next to me, and told me that he was struggling right now, but he could go REALLY FAST.

Since being self-deprecating is my second nature, I responded that he's better than I am.

His words in response: "Yeah, I saw you fall down--a lot."

You know how usually most people don't really think about you as much as you fear they might? Yeah, that wasn't the case.