Derby vs. Snow

From my blog archives:

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Ok so I am totally stoked about roller derby season. I was so focused on making every single practice. I was all, "I'm gonna skate even with this painful blood blister cuz I am one tough derby bitch!" Oh yeah! Leg whips, regular whips, hip checks, bruises...BRING IT!

Then snow happened. And I just don't drive in this shit. And now I have totally stripped myself of all tough derby bitchness. (No, NOT bitchiness....BITCH-NESS).
Because I am a sissy when it comes to driving in bad weather. I have debilitating panic attacks as soon as any type of cold weather precipitation hits the pavement.

So basically I am not scared of getting hit by some derby chick or breaking a leg in a bout...but the thought of merely driving on ice or snow makes me want to barf. Makes my heart try to crawl its way up my chest and escape through my tongue. By beating alone.
That all happens over bridges as well. A combo that was inevitable tonight...but at least BF was driving. I was hyperventilating into my coat and trying to scratch the skin off his hand.

He would have totally driven me back to practice too, but I don't think my nerves could handle it. Being pushed around a flat track, yes. Driving in the snow...not so much.