*blue balls not included.
COME SEE ME SKATE! We’re playing the Dutchland Rollers in a double-header.
Deets:
Dutchland All-Stars vs. Steel City Derby Demons
&
Dutchland Blitz vs. Steel City B-Unit
{I’m, uh, rostered for both games, believe it or not}
Doors open at 5:30pm and the first bout will begin at 6(ish)pm.
Overlook Activities Center
301 Golf Drive; Lancaster, PA... 
the week:
I never thought that we’d go back to Indiana, after our friends moved away from the dreadful state last year (visiting them in Charleston, SC is SO much better). But here it is: another year, another annual road trip to the Most Boring State on the Map. At least we can grab some Alpha King for our troubles…
Practice, practice, practice! Besides practices, the only eventful, “for... 
Why are vacations so difficult to write about after the fact? Well, this has been sitting in my drafts for long enough, and I practically wrote a post in my head while falling asleep, so hopefully the words will flow as easily as they did last night.
Who was it who said: you know you had an awesome vacation, when you had a great time, but you can’t wait to get home.? Someone on Twitter... 
When I visited New Orleans (vacation posts coming soon!), I had the wonderful opportunity of being involved with the community organization, St. Bernard Project, which was arranged by Sixthman (our do-gooder “tour guides” for The Rock Boat).
Pic courtesy of Will Byington.
St. Bernard Project is a nonprofit disaster recovery organization dedicated to rebuilding the homes and lives of disaster... 
If sleeping for 10 hours on the last night of vacation is any clue, this vacation was SO EXHAUSTING. But exhausting = fun, right?
If you can believe it, this was my FIRST trip to Washington, D.C. Naturally, there was a lot to see and do.
In only four days.
Our vacation was planned around a two-night reunion concert (Friday and Saturday) at The Birchmere (friends of the boyfriend), which didn’t... 
If there is something I have learned in the last few years about vacationing, it’s that a) I very rarely wear heels (save for travels with a specific event planned in advance, like a wedding), and with that I can never pack enough flats; b) I will not workout/exercise; and c) I will always overpack… for ALL THE WRONG TEMPERATURES.
Meanwhile, I planned for a week of 60s and got a beautiful,... 
Brief summary of my whereabouts this summer…
At the end of June, I went to the Philly area for ECDX:
Random.
Then, we visited friends at Tappan Lake (in Ohio) during the Fourth of July weekend:
It rained a little. Then DOWNPOURED and thundered a lot (thankfully, we got off the pontoon in time). But the remainder of the day was gorgeous after the storms passed.
I also had one MAJOR thigh bruise to... 
I’m in Florida. I would rub it in, but as you know Pittsburgh is already experiencing the first bite of Spring. Cleveland: any snow in the forecast? *wink*
You may or may not see these shoes (or the person wearing them) in this Sunday’s paper. Just saying. I am in love with these heels (but not so much with the ripped hems on my jeans) and will wear these every bit as dressed up as I will... 
This blog is about pursuit: a transplanted Clevelander (me) in a new city (that's you, Pittsburgh!), pursuing the role of a self-employed copywriter, becoming a roller derby badass and somehow merging all my to-do items into one ever-growing Bucket List.
And of MY boyfriend. His blue balls started this mess.
