Filed under: random, San Francisco, thoughts | Tags: baking, blood, cold weather, cookies, day, degrees, hiking, hot weather, oatmeal raisin, San Francisco, shower, sweat, sweaty, winter
It’s finally Friday and I just got back from class! Woohoo! You know what this means? Free time to do whatever! I’m planning on baking oatmeal raisin cookies, something I’ve delayed for a couple weeks now (one week we’re out of butter, the next we’re out of oatmeal, then we’re out of time…), so I’m happy because I enjoy beating the living daylights out of eggs, smooshing all the ingredients together, whacking wandering hands away from the bowl of cookie dough (I can’t have the essence of all my roommates in the cookie dough… that would be weird enough with all the sweat, blood, and love I already put into it), and throwing the dough on a baking pan into a hot oven. Ah. Yes. This is what I’ve waited for all week. 
But first, I’ve got to take a quick shower to wash away all that sweat I’ve collected while trekking from the BART station to home. Yikes–it’s actually a lot more like hiking on concrete in city clothes… and I know hiking, ’cause I do it often (in fact, I’m going tomorrow!). The odd thing is, it’s not even that warm out. It’s merely 77 degrees, and that’s just no excuse for sweating out. In San Jose, a measly 77 degrees would never be enough to break a sweat, even while walking around a lot. Hmm, it’s just something about this city I guess. It’s hard to go a day without sweating. It’s massively irritating. I’m actually looking forward to the colder weather now just because I’m tired of being all hot and sweaty when I get to class or arrive home. Old Man Winter, bring it on!
- Ms. Mouse
Filed under: random, San Francisco, things we hate | Tags: blisters, callous, calluses, feet, flip flops, foot scrub, gel soles, pedicure, plastic, San Francisco, shoes, sore
Of course, no one likes calluses or blisters… especially on the feet! I never had a problem with them before-I used to think of them one of those things only other people got, and I always mentally cringed a little when I saw my sister’s feet, which are quite hardened at the heels.
Having traipsed about all over San Francisco for about a few months now, I now understand her ordeal. I’ve developed a few calluses at certain pressure points on my feet. There’s one near my left pinkie toe that feels like a knob sometimes. Ugh! It feels odd when I apply cream to my feet because instead of massaging soft feet, I get to come in contact with hardened skin cells. Mmm, sexy!
I suppose this is all do to the increased walking I do every day in the city. Back at my home city, the public transportation is pretty inefficient, so everyone drives or rides a car. My feet have certainly suffered since leaving my home city. My footwear isn’t exactly improving matters either. I have my trusty Sketchers that don’t cause any problems, but if they don’t really “go” with what I’m wearing, I’ll put on plastic orange flip flops (which I adore… they’re like my signature flip flops). Yes, I know, I’m just ASKING for calluses whenever I wear them out, but there really isn’t much else to choose from other than two pairs of black boots (which aren’t practical when it’s warm out), a pair of dressy silver flats, some heels (there is NO WAY I’m going to willingly walk around in them unless I absolutely have to), and a couple pairs of really uncomfortable flats.
The last time I wore something other than sketchers or my plastic orange flip flops, I ended up walking home totally barefoot with raw blisters on the back of my heels and the devil pair of flats from Ross that caused them in one hand. Old ladies pointed out to me that I had no shoes on (really?). A guy who was reading a book on his front steps asked me, “Don’t you know the ground is dirty?” (Thanks for the news flash!) I lifted up my flats and responded, “They’re really uncomfortable.” “I don’t know if I’d sacrifice my feet for that…” “YOU WOULD!” Shortly afterward, I decided I would just stick to my sketchers or my plastic orange flip flops until I could invest in some really, really, REALLY good quality shoes.
Heh, that’s not going to be for quite a long while… I’m EXTREMELY picky when it comes to shoes. Until then, I’ll try using Dr. Scholl’s gel soles and some heel liners and scrubbing the living daylights out of my feet with a pumice stone.
- Ms. Mouse
