6/27/07 - Mama Needs a New Pair of Shoes

You know what’s funny? Crutching into a running store with a giant black immobilizer boot on your right leg and asking the sales clerk, “Do you have the Saucony Hurricane in size 6.5?” The girl looked at me with a hint of skepticism but mostly with pity as if maybe I wasn’t quite all there and it had somehow escaped my notice that I was on crutches and in a giant black immobilizer boot.

I assured her that they were for future running engagements and that I wouldn’t be attempting to jog home in them. At that she smiled with relief and bounced to the back of the store emerging in seconds with a pair of size 6.5 Saucony Hurricanes. I know they’ll be collecting a bit of dust in the short term but just having them makes me happy.