Shoe Gods, Hear my Prayer

Hey, A,

I feel less guilty for not writing if you aren't writing, so I took your lead and took a break. (By the way, we have to get you there--to that obligatory/daily place where you show up if only for a paragraph to say hey.) And now, like you, I'm back.

I'm glad you had a [capital W]onderful time with your friends. It sounds like a great day. These days I spend one-on-one time with friends and rarely do a group thing, and can't remember that last time I went to a play so I lived vicariously through you. Thanks for that. I'm also glad to hear things are better with J. I think. Right?...

I did mail you a little package yesterday with a few recipes and a note, so you should get that later in the week. I mention that because I made the farfalle with broccoli (that I told you about and sent a recipe for) again tonight and have a couple of notes to pass along when you get the recipe and have it in front of you. Honestly, it's one of the best and easiest things I make but I hadn't made it in a while when I wrote the recipe from memory. Today, as I was making it, I remembered a little more and measured a little more than I usually do and want to pass the info along.

I have been taking it easy this week but trying to be a little more active by putting off my return home. It's not exercising, but my feet still hurt too much for that, and it's something. I know that once I get home I get in sweats and don't leave the house, so after a few extra trips up and down the hall at school, I've been doing some non-shopping shopping. Unfortunately today I did myself a disservice, as I saw those Joan and David shoes I saw a few months ago and obsessed over (I couldn't find my size) and not only did they have them in my size, but they are on clearance!!! (I really don't have the money until tomorrow and am trying to be better about creative banking, as I call it--charging, e.g.) The store is holding them for me until the end of the day today so I just have to pray that tomorrow after my nail appointment they are still there. Cross your fingers for me and pray to the shoe Gods that they'll be there. I swear they are beautiful and comfortable. Please, let no one with a size 10 foot and obsession for patent leather shoes and an eye for comfortable wedges go shopping between 10 and 3 tomorrow. Is that too much to ask???? I'll let you know how I make out.

So nails and shoes (putting that out there) tomorrow, then Thursday C and I are going eyeglass shopping and out for Thai. Friday I have my eyes on a steak after drinks with F and M. Then I have a long weekend! I'm having lunch and a Trader Joe's adventure with my cousin D on Sunday, then plan to spend Sunday night at L's. She's having her thyroid removed Thursday and I figure I can entertain M and C on their day off and give her and J a break. Then, Tuesday I plan to play hookie so I can watch the Inauguration. But now I'm getting ahead of myself. Guess I'm just trying to get my mind off those shoes....

Hope you're having a good day lunching with J and getting ready for JB.

Love,
B