The above photo is a reenactment of Bossy’s foot emergency. For the last three days Bossy has been navigating every minute wearing sneakers with no socks, and there’s something about the combination of sock-less shoes plus sitting for eight hours a day plus salty food that equals bad news. Unless purple swollen feet are a good thing.
And so today as Bossy was traveling south on I-85, she spied a sign for the
Ugly Outlet Birkenstock Outlet, and there she purchased the above uglies sandals.
Back to yesterday: Bossy was in Atlanta staying with Stella:
She was there and she was there.
First the group ate orgasmic corn chowder soup, and then they retired to a bar one block away. Of course in Atlanta one block = six blocks and when did Bossy become so fond of mathematical equations?
And then Bossy and Minivan Bohemian became engaged:
Next Amber Lee showed up with her 18-your-old friend with the cute mile-wide grin. They were a little late. Because they drove from Knoxville Tennessee:
The 18-year-old friend with the mile-wide grin attends college, but Bossy and Stella still aren’t sure what his major is because they forgot to ask asked
six times which doesn’t help when you have Early Onset Alzheimer’s.
After four hours of sleep, Bossy was up early this morning for another all-day drive, this time to Orlando:
And that’s when the whole Birkenstock Intervention happened. And in
other news:
Tomorrow: Tallahassee.
BOSSY is TOO PRETTY.
oh sure Amber… show this Tennessean up ;0)
Karla is still too busy crying in a corner because Bossy could not manage to detour into Tennessee to see her.
*sob sob sob*
xo ~K
Wheeee Green! So excited! Surely it will be headed this way soon. So tired of the most boring winter ever.
Hope your feet feel better soon. Also glad to see you were on 85 and not 95 because I was so afraid you might be tempted to stop at “south of the border” – that place to TOO SCARY.
Four hours of sleep and swollen ankles? Bossy is turning into me!
Wow. You are suffering for your art (or blogging/road trip). Hope those feet get better soon. Because from what I hear, you’re headed to the midwest in late-ish April! And many of us can’t wait!
Only because I wanted ignore my EFFING HUGE graduate work load. So we split some cash for gas and took a nice little mini-road trip.
birkenstocks may not be the prettiest shoes out there, but they’re kinda cute and surely comfy.
drive safe! (safely?…whatever – just, you know, don’t hit anything)
So do you feel a little like a rock star, or what?
oh no! DID I MISS BOSSY? I am in Orlando and don’t know where you will be! Pretty please email me and let me know where you are!
LOVED IT!!! and am now off to write about it…
s
BOSSY is tall. I will come up to BOSSY’s chin. I must remember to stand uphill of BOSSY.
Wait til you get to Scottsdale…oh so pretty here already. And hopefully the weeds um I mean AFRICAN Daisies will still be littered all over the freaking place and you can OOH and AAAH over THEM!
Pshaw GREEN.
Oh and um you won’t need that scarf. BUt you will need those sandals.
MAGGIE!!!!! Altamonte TGIF on Route 436
7PM!!!!!
Mmmmm…Corn Chowder. I want that.
Oh, Monday just can’t come soon enough! (never thought I’d say that on a Friday).
Off topic: Dooce posted a pic that I think looks like you. I wrote about it today. You don’t think she’s going to try to steal your Saturn in some sort of Married White Female move, do you? E-gads.
Atlanta can use that for their city slogan — “It’s Blurrier In Atlanta!” Unless it’s taken already. It probably is.
That’s what my feet look like after the swelling goes down.
It was soooo much fun. Posting when I get home from work! Great meeting you Bossy!!!
Actually, I did notice that you didnt stay at a man’s house last night. I was wondering if you were going on a tour of men, but this was a group of gals, so, that answers that question.
I think our group is all women too, but we are in Laguna Beach, so if you need to find a gay man, there should be some there.
BTW, Im feeling like you have such a long drive ahead of you…you are WAY OVER in Florida! Hurry West Bossy!
oh, and, are you stopping at Ree’s house?
Does Bossy have two left feet?
Just a warning: do not make fun of Birkenstocks when you are in Seattle. We take them very seriously here. Hope your tootsies feel better soon.
Bossy’s hair travels well!
Barefoot or flip flops….your feet will thank you.
Drive safely, Bossy!
(TAKE ME WITH YOU)
Isabel kept pressing refresh most of the work day.
I am so excited for these updates. I know they may be hard to do on the road typing with swollen feet and all.
But, please keep it up because I am on the edge of my seat.
Thanks for the ride!
Isabel
What a fabulous trip this is turning out to be. How fun!
Birkenstocks RULE. They are comfort personified.
=)
Happy trails!
Stepher
Drink, eat, drink, nap, drive ….. you rawk girl! This road trip is fantastic.
is bossy 8 feet tall?
too bad bossy didn’t find a Reef Outlet. Cause really? Reefs are made by GOD himself.
ok, not really, but i’m pretty sure the angels make them
Good news: by the time you get to Los Angeles, we’ll have picked a place to meet you! We’re officially voting to decide between three places, and, so far, it’s basically a 3-way tie. Go figure!
Wow, you really are taking a hit on the feet already. Day 3? Hope you bought a few pairs of Birks.
Bossy, I just browsed your youtue videos…
Your son is an outrageously good drummer too?
Geez, I wish I was going to Columbia this fall! Though he may fall out of my minimal requirement of having some memory of the Cold War – even if I was in first grade when it ended.
Nice pedicure! That’s all I have to say for now.
I’m so sorry I couldn’t meet up with you, G.
See you in July.
xo,
J
(p.s. – did you get my voicemail about the party?)
I hate sandals and think they’re ugly too. Oh and hi.
Did you stop at King Frog for those sandals? My family has a weird tradition – every time we go down to Florida, we stop at King Frog and buy shoes. I have no idea why. Must by a hypno-frog or something. Meanwhile, why not drive barefoot? It’s only against the law if you get caught, right?
Shade and Sweetwater,
K
i can’t believe you went south. when will you hit NYC?
Bossy!
Be careful of your feet! Purple and swollen is no good!
You’re probably going to have to squeeze those dogs into bowling shoes at some point…
Secret Agent Mama would have loved to meet Bossy, but alas Secret Agent Mama is a shmuck and didn’t get on board with the tour. If Bossy ever comes back to the ATL area, Secret Agent Mama would love to show her a day in her crazy life that makes me who I am!
Keep on truckin’!
Did Bossy’s foot emergency involve more than swelling and discoloration? If I’d worn sneakers with no socks while driving for days and days and days, the bad foot news would have also involved an aroma … an aroma capable of knocking a buzzard off an outhouse at 30 paces.