#546 shoes, books and hugs

I haven't heard from Dr. B, so I really think the Thing On My Foot is not a cyst, but just some kind of Annoying Foot Thing. I went to look for cross-trainers tonight, but I couldn't find anything I like.

When I told MT about my foot predicament, he asked if Dr. B prescribed cross-trainers. MT sees Dr. B also, and was told to live in cross-trainers, too. I think that to Dr. B cross-trainers are like the words "reboot" to IT people. Whenever I have a problem with my computer at work, the IT guys always ask, "Did you reboot?" Dr. B says, "You have a callous on your foot? Live in cross-trainers," or "You have gout? Better wear the cross-trainers." So I'm mostly not going to stress too much about the Annoying Foot Thing or the cross-trainers or the stupid Crocs. I'll keep putting lotion on it and wear shoes and we'll see how it goes. It's not getting any bigger or more uncomfortable or painful.

I finished the second book in the Hunger Games series, "Catching Fire", this morning. It's a good one. I'm looking forward to finding out how it all ends (I'm sure not well for our heroes), but I think I'll wait until I get back from California. I actually want to spend time engaging with my family, not with my nose completely stuck in a book, with me waving them off when they want to do something. I'll certainly read, just not anything as all-engrossing as I think "Mockingjay" may be.

It will be good to have a couple of days away from the office. I find myself getting cranky at people. I yelled at the plant engineer today. A few obscenities may have escaped my lips in my tirade. I'm thankful he is good natured and forgiving. I wasn't very professional. I don't lose my cool that often anymore, I don't think, so hopefully he will do better at the stuff I was yelling at him for. I apologized for my behavior and he gave me a hug, which mostly just made me want to yell at him some more. I am not a hugger, especially not at work! Oh well. Maybe he does know that I don't like hugs at work and that's how he was getting me back. OK, if I think of it that way, we're square. :)