Relief

Last night was exciting because I didn't screw anything up. Yay! I will ignore the fact that I didn't have to do anything new or terribly complicated.

I didn't have time during the week to search for new shoes so I decided to wear my uniform shoes sans orthotic inserts. Good news: the bunions didn't hurt at all. Slightly bad news: my heels started hurting. The heel pain was nothing compared to the old bunion pain. However, I know I can't keep using the uniform shoes because the heel stuff will intensify over time. The heel pain relates to the plantar fasciitis crap, so if I continue working without the inserts I will start walking like igor whenever I am not wearing shoes. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "normal" and 10 being "full on igor", I was at a 5 when I woke up today. Don't get me wrong, it is a good temporary fix for now.

Last night I got to talk a lot more with the pastry sous chef. The way she speaks really reminds me of my old roommate Jane. She also went through the same culinary program I went through, so it was nice to talk to her about its instructors and how well it prepares students for a work environment.

I have a little experiment you can conduct in your home. Using your thumb, pointer finger and index finger, take a pinch of something ground up (for example, ground nuts) and in a controlled manner release the pinch so that only 4 or 5 pieces come out. Repeat for at least half an hour. How does your hand feel? Weird, huh? Yeah, me too.