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Hate my feet!
Oct. 6th, 2005 05:58 pmUggh...so the pair of dress shoes that bought online for this thing didn't exactly work out. The only good news is that they didn't give me any blisters on my heels (though I think I have a couple on the bottom of my feet). That wonderful whole thing of my frigging right foot being an entire half size smaller struck again. They fit my left foot perfect--no pinching, some arch support (gasp), and not uncomfie sole. Right foot however, as soon as I started walking on side walk the thing suddenly decided it no longer wanted to stay on my foot. I really have to figure out how to have that 'walk' when I'm trying shoes on inside. Le sigh. But like I said, no blisters. And yes, tried stuffing kleenex in the toe and it didn't work - basically then the shoe wasn't fitting the foot right so it was causing me to walk wonky (which happened by the end of the day period as my feet/legs figured out there wasn't the mega arch support around). Le sigh.
And gods, did I sweat this morning in the suit. As in, drenched by the time I got to the conference center. *grouses about the fact that the year I decide to dress up is the year that global warming decides to extend to first week of october*.
And then an interesting time on the way home -- left during last talk cause I'd heard it before and got to the subway station -- packed, very packed. Except my train since it wasn't an express. It finally comes, I get in, sit down and five minutes later the doors shut just as the train conductor announces that we'll be delayed indefinitely due to a "police investigation". We sit for another five minutes as people around me grouse (me, I was just glad it wasn't a standing room only train) before we see about 15 policemen run past us (we were on the last bit of the train). Another ten minutes or so go by before the doors open. And then we leave. No clue what it was though because the police didn't seem to have anyone in custody when we went by as the train left the station. Still, interesting times.
Now I have heat suit off, bad shoes off, and should call my friend to see if she thinks she can drag herself away to do any dinner. I'm betting no. And I guess I should email the brother of one of my other friends that lives in the city to see if he forgot about me or what because I'd expected to hear something by now. And I should look to see if there's anything around to do tomorrow night though i'm nervous to get tickets almost the way my friend's been working.
Oh well. It's still not philly, so that's something.
ETA -- ahh, crap. Why couldn't my mother have slept through the news tonite?? After I heard the alert about the subways, I called her just in case, and sure enough, she'd heard it. Now she's all "oh, don't take the subways" practically crying and everything. Which, okay, I can sort of understand, but I'm also like, dude, the subways run under the entire city. I don't know, I guess I've just lived up in the northeast too long. I can get scared of weather forecasts that say a tornado or hurricane will hit me, but terror warnings, "shrugs". I just really don't trust the government that much anymore --- if they did get the threat like, I'm much more willing to believe they have it for the wrong time. Or that it's a political ploy a la all the raises in terror threats back during the last presidential election.
And now to start getting ready so that I can go grab something to eat. Siigh, my trips to new york never occur as I think they will.
And gods, did I sweat this morning in the suit. As in, drenched by the time I got to the conference center. *grouses about the fact that the year I decide to dress up is the year that global warming decides to extend to first week of october*.
And then an interesting time on the way home -- left during last talk cause I'd heard it before and got to the subway station -- packed, very packed. Except my train since it wasn't an express. It finally comes, I get in, sit down and five minutes later the doors shut just as the train conductor announces that we'll be delayed indefinitely due to a "police investigation". We sit for another five minutes as people around me grouse (me, I was just glad it wasn't a standing room only train) before we see about 15 policemen run past us (we were on the last bit of the train). Another ten minutes or so go by before the doors open. And then we leave. No clue what it was though because the police didn't seem to have anyone in custody when we went by as the train left the station. Still, interesting times.
Now I have heat suit off, bad shoes off, and should call my friend to see if she thinks she can drag herself away to do any dinner. I'm betting no. And I guess I should email the brother of one of my other friends that lives in the city to see if he forgot about me or what because I'd expected to hear something by now. And I should look to see if there's anything around to do tomorrow night though i'm nervous to get tickets almost the way my friend's been working.
Oh well. It's still not philly, so that's something.
ETA -- ahh, crap. Why couldn't my mother have slept through the news tonite?? After I heard the alert about the subways, I called her just in case, and sure enough, she'd heard it. Now she's all "oh, don't take the subways" practically crying and everything. Which, okay, I can sort of understand, but I'm also like, dude, the subways run under the entire city. I don't know, I guess I've just lived up in the northeast too long. I can get scared of weather forecasts that say a tornado or hurricane will hit me, but terror warnings, "shrugs". I just really don't trust the government that much anymore --- if they did get the threat like, I'm much more willing to believe they have it for the wrong time. Or that it's a political ploy a la all the raises in terror threats back during the last presidential election.
And now to start getting ready so that I can go grab something to eat. Siigh, my trips to new york never occur as I think they will.