Thursday, 01.17.2002
A blading we will go. My rollerblades have not seen the light of day in a couple of years. In fact, I almost couldn't find them when I finally wanted to take them out of retirement last night. Luckily, from under a pile of rubble in the garage closet, they were resurrected. Dusted off and oiled, they were restored to their former glory.

I noticed that the rivets on my kneepads were starting to rust, but luckily, the wheels on my blades were still in good shape. I lightly oiled them and them seemed to be as good as new.

Shari and I decided to check out the new park in Waipio since it looked like a good place to go blading since it's not too crowded and it has long pathways, ideal for walking, running or blading. 

The idea is not to run the pedestrians off the sidewalk. I'm sure runners/walkers look at us as the bane of their existence, but we really try not to be too obtrusive and will go out of our way to get out of theirs. It was quite amusing since Shari has trouble stopping (no brakes!) and often has to resort to rolling onto the grass in order to stop, lest she roll headlong into an unsuspecting jogger.

Even a small decline in the path will cause rollerblades to roll quite fast. This is one of the things that I find most fun about blading; the breeze on my face and the wind blowing through my hair... I feel so free!

Shari, on the other hand, worries about falling -- or worse yet, crashing into something or someone. Especially today since she forgot her knee pads.  

So as we descended hills, she would often opt to roll onto the grass to stop the momentum. Along this particular path, Shari found herself loosing control and ended up crashing into the black construction fence.

Watch out! Don't let this happen to you!

Okay, so it didn't really happen this way. But we thought it would make a funny picture anyway. (She did crash into the fence, but not quite so dramatically.)

Here's a picture of Shari that I really like because of the horizontal lines of the bleachers. I thought it made for a visually interesting photo. Aside from that, Shari is my photogenic friend who looks good in every picture that she takes (unlike me!).

Unfortunately, we didn't have much daylight to work with today and ended up only blading for about an hour before the sun started to set on us -- and the security guard chased us out of the parking lot to lock the gate.

I always have a great time with Shari. She helps me to laugh more and throw my cares to the wind for a time. She's good at loosening me up making me feel how good it is to be carefree.

"Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others."
- Phil. 2:4

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::Byte Me::
Breakfast: Blueberry bagel + cream cheese, big island orange juice
Lunch: 6" turkey sandwich on country wheat bread, caffeine-free Coke, and 2 chocolate chip m&m cookies from subway
Dinner: Miso soup, potato mac salad 

::Bits 'n' Bytes::
Body in Motion? Rollerblading with Shari
Mood: Thinking, 'thank God tomorrow's Friday!'
Reading: Gen. 34-35; Ps. 17; Matt. 17

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