I was telling my Tech Lead today about the fire ball singed hair thing from yesterday; he was suitably horrified. And then the following conversation ensued, to the best of my recollection (this makes us laugh because I have a tough time finding words sometimes):
TL: I guess you know how Michael Jackson felt...
Me: Or... that black comedian... what was his name. mmmmm... Richard Pryor! And... and... that thing he did with a spoon!
TL:
Me: *raised eyebrows trying to see if he got what I meant*
TL: you mean... freebasing?
Me: YES! YES! Freebasing!
TL: That thing he did with a spoon... Great.
I can remember every part of the nozzle, even some part numbers, but... other words just allude me. Go figure.
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Tonight, my husband and I did something spontaneous, which we can do now that our kids are older and not so dependent.
I opened the paper today and saw that Dennis Miller was performing in town. I called his office and said, "Let's GO!" and we did.
Dennis Miller is probably one of my all time favorite comedians. Tonight, he did not disappoint. I laughed so hard that I cried. I told my husband, "I cannot remember the last time... I laughed that damn hard."
So many one liners... he hit so many topics. It took a few minutes for him to warm up, but by 20 minutes into it, he was warm an on full on rants. What a riot.
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I'm seeing a PT about my left leg again. The marathon and subsequent halves have really caused some issues. The Post Tibial Tendonitis is a REAL problem.
My PT specializes in gaits and the legs. It's not ever a good thing when your PT is examining you, someone with a Phd and 25 years of good hard experience, and they say, "Well I'll be... I've never seen that before..."
Evidently my post tibial tendon and my achilles tendon appear to be... kind of one. They appear to be kind of knitted together, if you will, so I have more problems with my left foot as everything tries to overcompensate.
It was interesting. She said, "YOU are not allowed to go barefoot."
Right.
I live to be barefoot. The probability of my wearing shoes all the time is exactly... 0. So we'll have to figure out what I need to do to compensate for the fact, I'm just not ever going to be a shoe person.
We'll see...
Posted by Boudicca at January 5, 2012 11:02 PMI hate to suggest it, because I hate them so very much, but what about crocs?
Posted by: Andrew Phule at January 6, 2012 08:39 AMOh No. I cannot do Crocs. (They don't fix my problem anyway. I have to have the left shoe altered in all my long term wear shoes.) Actually, I have some good sandals and I have a feeling she will be able to alter the left sole of it so that I can wear them IF they are part of the problem. I have never and can never wear flip flops. I know they are all the rage, but I've had enough food problems to know they aren't good for me.
So I have two pairs of good sandals and I think she's going to be able to put a lift of sorts on the inside left heal. That's the part that needs to be raised up to compensate for the lack of tendon mobility I have.
But Crocs... or Sandals... it's still not going barefoot, which is my favorite.
Posted by: Bou at January 6, 2012 08:57 AMWait a minute ... You saw in the paper that Dennis Miller was doing a performance in-town that-day and you got tickets?
It wasn't soldout for three weeks already?
Does South Florida have a problem with Dennis?
Posted by: The Thomas at January 6, 2012 11:36 AMI think it was the venue... it holds 2200 people. You'd think it would be sold out. The woman next to me was stunned that we had the seats we had from a purchase made three hours in advance. I think it appeared to be a sold out crowd. I heard one of the ushers saying it was a full house.
I think we got really really lucky.
Posted by: Bou at January 7, 2012 12:13 AMIt's good to laugh like that as often as possible. Laughter makes so many things feel better even if it doesn't solve any problems. One of these days I'll have to see Dennis in person - he is hilarious. I'm so glad you got tickets.
I can't do barefoot nor can I do flip flops. I can do sandals that have a formed foot bed otherwise I'm out of luck. It's the high arches that do it... if I try to walk barefoot it actually hurts after too long. I'm very very picky about my footwear. I don't buy it unless it fits exactly right and I don't look at the price... once I find a shoe that fits I will wear it for years so the price doesn't matter all that much. heh.
Unfortunately, I found the most recent tennies I bought were making my knee hurt after walking (we walk miles so it's an issue). *sigh* The shoes feel fine as far as fit goes, but apparently I don't walk right in them. Took me a while to figure out because the pain doesn't hit until the next day. So back to the drawing board. I heard about a local store that's all about fit - so I shall try them and see what happens.
Posted by: Teresa at January 8, 2012 12:54 PMMephisto sandals. Seriously, they're the bomb. Get the ones with the trampoline soles. Expensive? Yes. Made of solid titanium and last forever? Yup.
Posted by: Omnibus Driver at January 10, 2012 03:40 PM