I couldn’t write this morning so I have had this prompt bouncing around in my head to the tune of The Things We Do for Love by the band 10CC which actually has been an obstacle to my thoughts on the things I do for fun.
All I kept coming back to was walking in the rain and the snow when there’s no where to go.
I finally broke the ear-worm’s spell when I cued up my playlist “Blading” and listened to A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays by De La Soul on my walk from work.
The song and the playlist remind me of two of my favorite fun activities. Rollerblading and making playlists.
I have a playlist for every occasion. I have one for chilling and one for relaxing (They are very different.). I have eight different gym workout playlists with different styles of music for different types of workouts, you cannot lift weights to System of the Down’s Toxicity but you can box to it and you cannot box to Red Cloud’s Broken Jaw but you can lift weights to it. 
I have been on roller-skates as far back as I can remember but I do not who introduced them to me.  I had seen my dad on skates a couple of times and it wasn’t pretty so I know it wasn’t him. I remember my mom being on skates a few times but I don’t remember her going regularly. I remember mostly going with friends.
We had a roller rink near my house called The Big Apple in Apple Valley, Minnesota where I spent some of my childhood. I was there a lot as a kid.
The summer between sixth and seventh grade I moved with my mom to Colorado Springs but I stayed with my dad that summer.  He bought me my first pair of rollerblades. 
Back then, they had heavy metal frames and you had to buy ice skate boots to attach them to, but, man, were they cool.
I’ve continued skating throughout my life in all the places I’ve lived. I skated the bike path near our house in Rockford several times last summer. Sometimes I skate with my kids.
It has always been a very freeing experience to me and it just makes me feel good.
Thanks for reading.
Jesse Kuntz 