Ouch

[wayfaringwordhack]

 So, last week I promised to get out and take some pictures.

I do have a picture for you. One that shows why I didn't get out and take other pictures. :P

I unthinkingly sent my tennis shoes off with the shipping container and had to wear mana_trini 's for my exercise. Only, they were too big and were rubbing my tendons raw, so I decided to take them off. And walk the remaining 5km barefoot. Fast. On the tarmac.

J says I was trying to be a warrior. I say I was trying to keep from being called a wimp. 



Yes, those are blood blisters. Yes, they hurt. But I'm not a wimp. Oh, and my feet are "clean" in the picture. I just couldn't bear to scrub any harder to get the oil and tar off.

Comments

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Ouch! I'm not sure what to call you...something with beads and buckets comes to mind, but seeing as it was a matter of choosing between two evils that might not be entirely fair. :p

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Please be fair with those who suffer. :P

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

Ouch indeed. :(

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Happily, once I punctured and drained the blisters, the ouchies diminished significantly.

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

Oh ow ow ow...

And I thought I was stubborn.

Sometimes you eat the stubborn, sometimes the stubborn eats you...

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the friend I was walking with kept offering to go get my car and come back for me, but I kept saying, "No, I can do this." Even though I kept checking my feet for the bit of glass I was sure I had stepped on.

[clarentine]

Ow! Those are going to be spectacular when they start to peel.

Of course, now you can write, from the inside, the sensations of having acquired and healed those blisters. *g*

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes! Must write down the pain for posterity. :D

[jongibbs.livejournal.com]

Seeing that picture reminded me of Simon Pegg's blister scene in Run, Fat Boy, Run!

I hope your feet recover soon :)

Oh, and kudos on the walking barefoot thing. Most people would have wimped out, including me :)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I used to have such tough feet when I was an urchin. So silly of me to think those callouses survived just because I go barefoot around the house and on the occasional short jaunt when I find shoes constraining, see above. :P

My urchin days, it seems, are far behind me. Alas.

Btw, do you mind if I friend you? I checked out your journal and you seem to be a very interesting person to follow. No obligation to friend me, naturally.

[jongibbs.livejournal.com]

Not at all :)

[jodi-davis.livejournal.com]

Woman!!!! Word Count posts were better!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

*lol* At least now you have proof that I'm trying to get in shape for this monster trip. :D

[pjthompson]

Miq needs to take care of herself. There is nothing wimpy in that.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

See, that's what I was doing. :D Trying to take care of me overall by getting healthy and fit.

[pjthompson]

"Nothing to excess," darling.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Right you are.

[rabiagale.livejournal.com]

Ouch! *sends virtual soothing lotion*

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I feel better already. :P

[cathemery.livejournal.com]

One accident does not deserve another, friend.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Very well put. I'm going to be more careful in the future.

[paft.livejournal.com]

Ow, ow, OWWWWWW!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

The good thing about blood blisters on the heels is that they heal pretty quickly if you manage to keep the thick, tough skin on them. :P