Heels on High... Ouch

I have been women watching.   As a woman I do this to compare myself to others, particularly pain versus fashion quota.  I watch women walk, paying particular attention to what they have on their feet.   For the most part I see women. ladies, and young women in flats and or sneakers... flip flops.  Then I see the stilt wearing acrobbats.  Contortionists of the feet.  Nearly ballet practitioners but withour the grace and the agility.  Well, that is not entirely true..  They do mostly have the ability to walk over cobbled side walks with tuning an ankle or breaking a toe.  And they can naviget the stps onto and off the MAX with an ease akin to miracle water walker.

What does that contortion of the foot cause?  Achilles shortening and stiffening, crushing of the toes and ball of the foot, ankle, knee, hip and back problems...
Is it worth all that to fit a social fied ideal of beauty?  I guess the answer is yes.  It reminds me a lot of the pre victorian and victorian times, the corset; creating a perfect hourglass figure... which also perfectly crushed your organs and ribs... and required the invention of a peice of furniture to faint on.  There are still corset wearers out there, but near as many as there were.  Perhaps there is hope then, perhaps heel wearing will devolve...

Scheduling

There always seems to be so much going on.   School, work, cleaning house, appointments, time with the husband, time with the friends.... homework...  Somewhere in this mess of calendrical-yes I made that word up- hysteria  there needs to be my time.   And my time is not the same as sleep.   Sleep is outside the schedule, it is the given.

Last Semester I took a class about college and career success.  It taught a lot about scheduling time, and time management.  If I hadn't taken tha class, or at least delved into  that subjet at some legnth I would probably be confused more often.

I have a lot going on, true I don't have kids, and I don't work full time...
1. I am married (so have to keep in mind my husbands appointments, and his work schedules).
2. I am a full time student (That means the time at class, the time it  takes to get to class and back, the time to do the assignments and study...).
3. There is always the house work-an area  where I have never excelled.
4. There are the household errands.
5. Doctors and dentist appointments.
6.  Time with my husband, and with friends.
7. and  my time.

I really don't know how  people with 3+ kids can manage work and play and school... and not lose their minds.

I'm taking 3 classes this semester.  Each class has its own folder which I post the homework assignments in.  I also keep a daily organizer which has the assignments in it.  And at home on the fridge I have a wipe board that has the  large assignments noted.  On the board is also any other important dates.   I have a folder that is just on its a schedule of every week.  When I am doing what, and where.

Maybe this is all a little excessive.   But I know myself, if I don't keep reminding myself... I will zone out and forget something.