And If I Take Off Both My Socks ...

Southern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day
UN International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
Virgo Begins
Anniversary - First Man Powered Flight
Birthday - Gene Kelly (actor, dancer)

 

( ... You'll See My Dainty Toes. )

Heather, Mom, 妹, and I went and got pedicures (this is becoming a tradition, I guess) at a school for such things, and I think we entertained the ladies while it was going on.  We carried on about Africa, Heather’s impending mission, the students’ reasons for going to this school, the stuff they learn in their classes, my purple feet,* Dad, and how Mom is a unicorn in disguise.** We even convinced Heather to get a color for hers—a nice mother-of-pearl.

 

Believe it or not, it’s unusual to ask for rainbow toes.  But I was adamant about appeasing my inner seven-year-old. I love this color scheme—it’s weird and makes me think of the retro future, for some reason, with green space girls and clothes with rings.  I will have the coolest feet in Kenya.

 

And since Liz, who knows me too well, guessed her present from the hint I gave her, now you can all see what it is.  Unless you’re Emily, and then you will just have to live in suspense.

 

( Hank, Show Her What She's Won! )

 

*I think it has to do with how I sit on chairs, which cuts off my circulation halfway up my thigh, and my legs are so short that they swing over the edge anyway.

 

**Long story.