Still putting together a post of thoughts on this second trip…and thank you to everyone who has chimed in that this was a normal experience.  It is helpful to know I’m not alone in this.
I’m sure everyone was riveted by my Target post and the new sandals I bought for my trip.

Remember these? Well they did this to me on the first day:

It is out of focus because no one really wants to see a close up of days old blisters. I wore bandaids for the rest of my trip. They were the only shoes I took – I was trying to pack light.
You might also remember that several times I’ve mentioned my habit of jumping on a trend when it is dead? (Still thinking I might check out those MP3 things everyone has been talking about someday.) My mom talked me into these Mary Jane style shoes that I believe I’ve said more than once I would NEVER own and I might even have mocked my dear friend Carla for hers – so mock away my friends:

At least I’m not the guy at the airport selling these ugly ass but oh so comfortable things. He was dressed in khakis and wearing a white pair with white socks – I’m surprised the guys at the sunglass hut kiosk don’t beat him up. He wears them to work every day – usually with socks he says – and he showed me the new line being introduced and had the audacity to call one style “the executive”. I told him you can’t use rubber (sorry he told me several times it is actually foam) to make a shoe and then try to pass it off as something acceptable for a workplace unless you get splashed by bodily fluids while working.