Confession...

This kinda has a bummer ending, I'll warn you in advance.

There is something that I think would be so neat to try and a great experience., but I am afraid to write about it because I don't want to disappoint myself and others if I say I'll do it, but then back out. I can't seem to really commit to trying some things, I don't know why or what I'm afraid of.

Anyway, here it goes... When I watch football (and I feel this way about baseball too) I can't imagine what it would feel like to take to the field as a part of a team and play and compete. I called Tim after the last home game (ASU football) and was like “I want to put on all the pads and go out there and run into people and have them come after me and play” and he was like “What about the Prowlers?” -AHA moment- I seemed to have forgotten. I was at an Arizona Cardinals game (had to put the AZ in there just in case somebody might dare to think it was St. Louis Cardinals -blegh) and I heard the announcer mumble something about women's football. -”What, can this be?”- So, of course, I went home and looked into it. Sure enough there is a professional women's football league. I don't know how much I honestly really considered it, but it sounded awesome. My sister , who had played football with her sorority in college, (shout out) and I kinda talked about it, but we never tried out. Tim's comment brought it all back. Why not try it? Even the tryouts (I keep wanting to say auditions) would be exciting, not to mention a story I could tell for a long time. I don't seem to be able to say for sure I'll try out. We'll see... Baby steps. Maybe I'll actually go for a jog or practice catching or throwing or kicking.

Now the bummer part. There were going to be auditions this winter for the 2010 season. I went online today (I wrote this blog last weekend) to check the dates, and the home page says that the Prowlers will not be participating in the 2010 season, but plan to be back in 2011. My heart sank. I was kind of excited. I did email the folks at the roller derby to learn more about a fitness membership though.