Today my inline skates arrived. It was a very special moment for me. It was so special that I just created a spreadsheet to keep track of events like this. I should have had the camera on, recording video. For the first time ever, I wore inline skates! Not just that, I stood in them! I struggled with them, both physically and mentally. I believed that as a novice, falling could happen easily. It was like learning to ride a bike without training wheels for the first time. But it worked out surprisingly very well! I quickly got comfortable. I quickly dismissed any fear I had (really wasn't fearful but respected the fact that I was new to this). In less than 10 minutes, I had enough confidence to get up from sitting down (as if in shoes) and immediately start skating. This was around my living room floor about an hour or so ago.
I'm so excited! I've got them in a nice bag right now, and I'm going to order the other safety gear before I actually go outside to skate near the lake. I anticipate doing that on a nice day off when it's nice (60 deg or more) this month or next.