if you see me coming you'd better get out of my way

When I told my husband that I planed to go roller-skating he asked if I had protective gear.

“No” I told him, “I’m really good at roller skating.”

Over the past two days I've been really good at roller-skating; navigating slippery, wet track and steering expertly around tight, fast corners without even coming close to a fall.

Over the past two days I've also jammed my knee so hard on a table that it now hurts to bend and stubbed my toe so bad that it bled and made me feel as if I was going to throw up.

So I was right, I don’t need protection while roller-skating. It’s the twenty three hours a day when wheels aren’t strapped to my feet that I need padding.