Eeyore -
I tells you, I am
not nude!
Yes, any time I have to wear shoes for very long now, my feet ache. I didn't "go slow" either, but I have gone barefoot as often as possible my entire life. I think that warning is more for people who don't do it often, and some people never go barefoot, even in their homes. In that case, you do need to give your feet time to adjust and build the necessary strength to take over.
Olive - As a teenager, I worked several years at a carwash. While prepping the vehicles or towel drying them, I got my feets run over
all the bleedin time. People are morons. Why would you decide to start driving your car while a kid is standing there drying it off? I don't know, but an awful lot of people did it. Never broke anything, though, or had any lasting damage. Unless you count the fact that, to this day, I cannot see a Lincoln Navigator without feeling seething hatred.
I do wear shoes when it really is a good idea, I just don't count hiking, walking around, driving a car, etc. among the activities that shoes are prudent notion. I used not to wear them into stores, either, but now, with two kids in tow, I would rather just slip some on for a bit and not have to deal with any extra stress for stupid reasons.
Nova - Good idea, I will take one down. I have been leaving the coop door open all night since Winter gave up, but in the current set up the door opens in and kind of creates a nook in the corner there where their roost is. So while it is very well ventilated, there isn't much of a breeze through the roost area, because it is sheltered on two sides by the corner walls, and then on the third by the door. (Did that make any sense? I am sorry, I am much more comfortable with a piece of paper and a writing utensil for these kind of explanations.) If I take down the winter panels, there will be a lot more wind through there.
So I got my paint, and the lumber I needed for the big roost. Came home to find my mailbox wiped out, though.
Why couldn't they have run into the elderly piece of crap mailbox we had until we replaced it last year? They did bring the mailbox and attached hardware up to the house and left a note of apology including their name and phone number, though, so I am not feeling upset, just frustrated to have another job to do. I am so worn out.
Now I just have to decide whether or not I can ask them for the money to replace the cedar post they snapped in half. We bought a pretty tough mailbox, so it is okay, but ohhh we bought the cedar because it would last a long, long time. I think it was $35 - $40. I totally think they deserve to pay for it... I mean, they had to be driving pretty dumb to hit it. It's not right up to the road at all, and it is a fine day. I can only assume they were not actually paying any attention in order to do so. Texting?
But I feel bad anyway.
. I still to this day remember riding shotgun with both of them on the wheel well for hours, I loved everyone of those minutes.
