Using my Henry icon, because I can. (Need to write more Henry!)

[st_aurafina]

Cthulhu take the wheel: on Facebook, someone recced Fifty Shades of Grey. To my mother.


Editing blows. Why does editing give me plot bunnies for things I can't write? (Admittedly, likeadeuce is responsible for one of those plot bunnies.) Current wiki tabs: Pupa, St John's Wood, and extremely relevant to Sanctuary writing, List of animals named after animals. (I bookmarked that one. I'll be using that a lot. Arctic Woolly Bear Moth, anyone?)


My podiatrist added a wedge to my orthotics. My feet are so messed up, I can't even. Forty years of walking like a duck takes a toll. The only comfort I'm taking from this (apart from reduced knee pain, yay!) is that I am some kind of interesting challenge for my podiatrist. I think I'm the case you talk about at conventions and so on. She stares at my feet with wide, amazed eyes.

The upshot of these new, higher orthotics is that I can no longer wear Doc Martens - they're just not high enough across the bridge of my foot to accommodate my foot and three centimetres of plastic. The sad part is that I have a brand new pair that I was saving to break in once I got my orthotics.

Aussies, does anyone want a brand new pair of Docs? They're black lace-ups, smooth with yellow stitching, as seen here. They're a UK size 7.

I can donate them, and if nobody here wants them, they'll be going to Lifeline next week. I thought I'd check and see if someone I know can use them first. I'm happy to cover the cost of mailing them inside Australia. (If you're interested, leave a comment. Or PM, if you prefer privacy.)

ETA: Shoes sorted!

Comments

[shehasathree]

Heh. On Friday my physiotherapist had to learn a whole new method of taping that she'd never done before, in order to tape my feet + achilles tendons. shehasathree: causing healthcare professionals to learn new stuff since 1981.

[st_aurafina]

*high-fives you on the baffling thing* At least your physio went and learned what she had to do. Good for her.

If there's one lesson I can put down for 2012, it's that a good physio is A Very Good Thing Indeed.

[tree]

i feel your pain about the docs. i have the same problem with my orthotics. the only ones i can wear are the boots, and i have to rip out the interior to do it. plus they don't quite fit right because my foot doesn't go down deep enough into the body of the boot. but they're pink with black polka dots, so i suffer.

the best solution i've found is men's shoes, because they tend to have more depth than women's and also because they're more likely to have removable insoles. plus i have big feet (women's 10) so it's hard for me to find women's shoes most of the time anyway.

also, editing does, indeed, blow.

[st_aurafina]

but they're pink with black polka dots, so i suffer.

SALIENT POINT OF COMMENT. I completely understand. And I had removed the insoles, but still no go, not with this extra thing she stuck on them. I have kept my high heel mary janes, though, because they're head-kicking awesome, and I don't wear them very often.

I'm women's size nine, so I've been ordering my shoes in. It helps when the podiatrist has photocopied something out of a catalogue, and I can just wave that at the shoe shop. Apparently I will now be wearing a black orthotic walking shoe? It looked like a sneaker in the catalogue, but I'm still waiting for it to come in.

[heartequals]

I don't know why the list of animals named after animals has me cracking up, but I think I'm about to cry over here. Hog badger! Peacock goat!

[st_aurafina]

Sponge oyster!

Yes, it is the best list of all. It's going to be useful in so many fandoms!