I love to fill my home with vintage treasures and I love to use bits and pieces of vintage ephemera in my artwork...but my love for all things vintage extends into a favorite pastime that I soo enjoyed in my younger years.....ROLLERSKATING! A good friend hosted a party for his daughter's 9th birthday yesterday by renting out the roller rink for a few hours...and boy, me, Jake and my best girlfriend couldn't wait to put on our wheels and tear it up. Much to my surprise I wasn't as good as I used to be, but I get to that in a moment. When we walked into the Skate Land it was as if time had stood still; everything looked exactly as it did back in 1985! While some turned up their noses at the worn and faded carpeting, bright orange and gold paint...I was in my own sort of little heaven, taking in all of the scenery. For me this was pure nostalgia. Now on to the fun part....my son had never been rollerskating before but he learned pretty quickly....now he did fall quite a bit, but children are resilient and fearless. I, on the other hand, not so resilient, not so fearless. As much as I wanted to skate in and out of the crowd, do a little backwards action, I was stiff on my feet. How humbling it was to put on a pair of skates and be at the mercy of my two clumsy feet. I had one big wipe out that landed me on my tail end but I had hundreds of laughs! Who knew rollerskating could be so much fun! I left the party wanting to come back again, if not for the fun of it, but to relive the nostalgia of my youth.
P.s. ~ I blame the rental skates for my poor performance; next time I'll bring my own and really tear it up (wink, wink)...until then, in the words of my best bud "Roll on!"
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To add to the story, when Maria and Jake plummeted down on the hardwood, a fellow mom (who happens to be an operating room nurse) ran out onto the rink to assist. She was in such a hurry, however, that she failed to notice that there is a small step down onto the rink from the carpet. She ended up taking a tumble of her own and acquired a bruised and swollen wrist and knee, while Maria and Jake quickly shook off their fall and resumed skating. The greatest irony: she was wearing tennis shoes, not skates.
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