WoRD vs. POD 5-17-14

Got some photos of the WoRD vs. POD game.

Check out the action, then be sure to become our fans.  We need YOU to come out and root for us and PUMP US UP!

Despite the fact that we lost this game - POD still had fun!!  

Fun is the name of the game!

   

A SPECIAL thanks to ASTRA KNOT who is recovering from a broken ankle!  

She was the POD bench coach for the game.  We love you Astra  :)

One thing to Remember -  we need to...

 Okay onto some pix -  WoRD vs.  POD
POD is sporting their Black today.

MVB and MVJ WoRD vs. POD

Congrats to Pandora and Donny 

WoRD picked these two lovely ladies as the Most Valuable Players for the 5/17 game. 

Bake Sale - JUNE 1st - HOME Game!

$$Bring your dollars$$! 

All bake sale proceeds are going to help support Paleo Pixie ' s daughter!

come and enjoy watching a great roller derby game along with eating lots of sweet treats.  What better way to spend part of your Sunday Evening.  

HOME GAME - June 1st

Click HERE to go to the Face Book Event page.  

Sunday, June 1st  6:00pm
Interskate 91 South
2043 Boston Rd
Wilbraham, MA 01095


Pair O Dice take on the Beat City Bedrockers of Hartford! 

Doors open at 5 pm, first whistle 6 pm.
Advance tickets $8 (ask any POD Derby member)
At the door: 
Adults $10
Kids under 16 $5
Under 5 Free

https://www.facebook.com/events/487886047978568
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Eve N. Broke

Our valuable player wasn't just Eve N. Meaner, she was Eve N. broke!  Poor Eve broke her leg during practice.  This story was written by Eve N. Meaner herself.  Thank you so much Eve.  We send you our love and healing vibes!!!  

It was just a few minutes before the end of a great practice.  Just one or two more drills before our next game.  I was hit to the outside and was just trying to figure out the best way to stop and turn.  I was already turning to the right but I think muscle memory had me attempting a tomahawk stop and turn to the left.  Clearly those two instincts do not belong together.  

Trust me, putting your right toe stop down, trying to turn to the left, all while off balance and falling backwards makes for a hazardous combination.  I never heard a crack or a pop but I did think, "My leg's not supposed to bend that way," in a bit of a South Park voice.  I kid you not, that's the way I spoke to myself internally. 

 Before long I started dropping the F-bomb, repeatedly.  I hate needles, so the EMTs sprayed something up my nose and away we went on an excruciating ambulance ride. I learned to manage pain with breathing techniques during the birth of my three kids.  Don't get  me wrong.  When ER staff had to put in an IV anyway, morphine was my friend.

My husband and son got to watch as they put me into a semi-sleep for the reduction, the pull and straighten portion of the evening.  I don't remember anything but apparently the F-bombs were revisited, I thought one of the pain creators was enjoying his job a bit too much and...felt, "I am strong.  I am invincible."  My son wrote that one down.

I had surgery the next morning and have been improving ever since the last use of a bed pan.  

The first and only time I cried was when I said to Mae Z. Dukes, an ER tech. by day who visited early the first morning, that I just wanted to finish out this last season, retire #47 on a high note and help out with Fresh Meat or however I can next year.  I'm going to miss hitting and getting hit by these ladies more than anyone not involved in derby can ever know.

Everyone on the team was incredible, holding my leg steady, gathering my things, giving me space to focus on my breathing, preserving my gear as much as possible, contacting my family and driving my car to the hospital.  Visits and messages have been so supportive and I think, every day, how lucky I am to have such an incredible extended family.

Derby <3
Eve N. Meaner
#47

You can like Eve N. Meaner's Face book page here. 

Eve N. Meaner

great info about healing broken bones click here.

Pair O'Dice City Rollers vs. Worcester Roller Derby

Game location is in Auburn MA -  only 45 minutes from Springfield.  Come see POD play!  Root your POD girls on!  

321 Ouch!

Astra Knot  , #321, is one of our amazing blockers.  She has been on the official game roster since February 2013.   This past April 12th was our first game of the 2014 season. We were all ready to go and Astra was set for a day of awesome blocking!













All was going as well as can be expected in a rough and tumble roller derby game.  Then all of a sudden... 

Broken Fibula!

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

Graduated on to the Moon Boot!   Keep healing and come back to us Astra  :)

You can Like Astras Facebook Page here.

Astra Knot 

Great article on Healing from broken bones

Pair O'Dice City Rollers vs.Bangor Maine

April 12th was a hard hitting game!
Welcome to Melissa and MoJo - first official game ever.

If you are not sure,  there is one person on each team that wears a star on their helmet.   this is the person who is trying to collect points for each team.   first time through the "pack" there is no points.   once they make it through the next and all subsequent times,  they get one point for each player they legally pass on the track.  (skaters with stars are Jammers,  skaters with stripes are pivots,  all other skaters are blockers)

MVPs for the 4-12-14 Bangor Game!

MVP - POD - Blocker -  Eve N. Meaner

MVP - POD - Jammer -  Donny Brook

Congrats girls!!  

Game Changer or Mood changer?

Game Changer? or Mood Changer?    I think I will say the Sisu 2.4 mouth guard is a little of both.  Ya maybe it will be a game changer - I HOPE.  But I know for sure it is a mood changer! I was SOOO happy to get my new mouth guard.  I jumped for joy when it arrived in the mail. Then I opened it up and popped it in the hot water.  (you can see some pix of the process below)  After trying a couple times to get it to feel right,  I tried for the 3rd time.  Third times the charm right?   I was happy to feel how well it molded to my mouth.  It didn't dig into my lips or feel bad in any way.   So I went to take it out... well, that proved to be a huge challenge.  The mouth guard fit SOO Well that it would NOT come out! I tried and tried and it would not budge.  My happiness turned to slight panic.  After some thoughts of cutting it out of my mouth or having to go to a dentist (LOL) I came to my senses and decided to flush my mouth with the hottest tap water I could stand.  I softened the guard enough to unbend the front where it had shaped so perfectly over the front of my teeth/gums.  It finally came out!    

So my mood was no longer very happy at this point...  I was quite annoyed.  So I tried again and again and again... and...    Do I look a little Krazy here?  You bet I do.   This is what happens when you are on your 7th, 8th, 9th try at molding your mouth guard!   You get a bit nutty.  

I said,  damn this Freaking Game Changer!  My son said, it's not a game changer, it's a mood changer - hense the title to this blog!   I said yes!  I started out so happy and now I was so frustrated bordering on pissed off.

So anyway,   here are some of my "in the process" pix.  At least the white guard turns clear in the hot water, which was nice, because it lets you know when it is ready to be molded.   I used a wider spatula so that it would not bend over and possibly touch itself.   Didn't want it to stick to itself, that would not be good.  

Here it is soft, pliable & ready to go for the 100th freaking time  ;)   

 

Put it in and pressed on the lips,  Looks good,  feels good too. 

Had to go through this process many times because it would fit so perfectly over the top part of my teeth/gums that it would literally be stuck in place because it molded inward so could not come back off over my teeth.   I had to do the hot water removal a few more times.   

This last time I didn't suction my lips as much as they tell you to do.  I didn't push in on my lips to mold it as much either.   Then as it was almost cooled I pulled on the top to make sure it was not molded too much around the top of my gums, put it up and down a few times too and....  FINALLY it fits !

I can actually REMOVE IT!!  (without hot water)

Yeay!   Now this thing BETTER be a game changer in a POSITIVE way....  I hope the holes do not act like a cheese grater on my lip if I get hit.   I'm concerned cause it really does feel very rough! 

We shall see  :)

UPDATE :   I really like the Mouth guard.  Although I did change from the thicker 2.4 one to the thinner 1.6 one.   The thicker guard just would not fit right and was impossible to mold and still remove from my mouth.  The thin guard is wonderful.  it pops in and is tight fitting.  Comes out quick with a tug.    Did grate my mouth a couple of times, but not THAT badly.  Would definitely get it again.

Author:

MoJo