I am in a shoe hunt.

Two years ago in June, on the way back from picking up Andi and her life from Arizona, I bought a pair of leather Flip-flops.

They are still going strong. I have hunted for another pair ever since, and cannot find the same basic model. They were made by Earth Shoe.

Basically they look like a pair of $5 flip flops, but the top is leather, with a fabric and leather y shaped toe-foot holder.

Sigh.

Xposty from LJ:

Andi and I met 5 years ago today, online. April 24, 2002

Andi and I had our first "date" two years ago today.

She works until 10 pm today.

I have today off.

I miss her especially right now.

Aw. I know what you mean. Today is Mr. Jane's birthday, and I'm here until 7:30.

Never got away to pick up his present either.

Aww, Daniel, I'm sorry you're missing Andi today. Can we fill the thread with lovely stories and memories for you, and for her to see when she gets home?

I remember first meeting you as a wonderful, generous, but pretty isolated guy online -- a lot like a lot of other online guys I've known over the years. Smart, but lacking a lot of the confidence in real life to be seen as something beyond your crappy call-center jobs, to be the loving and loved person in the physical world that we already knew you to be in the virtual world.

I remember when you posted on WX that you'd been corresponding with someone you'd met online, and that she was really someone special.

I remember your excitement at finally getting to meet your love in person.

I remember when Andi first joined the board (was that before or after you met f2f? For some reason, I can't remember that part at all.) and there was a bit of that "someone's partner joined, but is she really a Buffista" -- worry, and then she just fit right in. Of course. As if it could be any different.

I remember how perfect and inevitable it felt when you two, as a unit, became partners and not just hopefuls.

It sucks a whole lot that you aren't together today, but your being together every day is such a great thing to have been a witness to. Love you both, and happy anniversay!

Daniel, that's so sweet. I'm so glad you and Andi found one another. And Aims? Go you. I'm glad that something good came out of the badness this week.

Now, since it's all about me, I would like to file an official complaint about the past week and a half. I am still drowning in work, and our progress report deadline just got moved from Monday to Friday. No, not more time, LESS. As in, they are now due THIS FRIDAY. And why, you ask? Because the massive server upgrade the school is doing--the one that involved transferring all of our data out of an old system and into a new one--is scheduled for this weekend. So the whole network will be down over one of the dozen or so weekends that we actually NEED it. Will they reschedule? No. We just need to do it FASTER.

Given the amount of grading I still have to do and the fact that I have an in-service on Thursday and a full teaching day on Friday, I am royally fucked.

It's a damn good thing that I have the weekend off since I won't see ND at all this week and leave Monday for a camping/rafting trip with the ninth-graders.

Aimee, in a small world moment, I went to Bowling Green, and it's right that the Pop Culture department is kosher. Depending on who you're talking with, I might even know them. Feel free to e me if you have a question or want me to check.

I'm a Daniel and Andi fan. Huge fan.

And I only see Earth flip-flops for $100+ at Zappos, which is a lot for flip-flops, but nothing at all for comfortable feets.

Speaking of shoes, my diamond shoes are way too tight: My favorite winery [link] has sold out of futures on my favorite wine. Boo-hoo! I think I liked it best because they named it after the dog. I ended up getting a couple of blends now, and some merlot and cab futures.

::Waves::

Glad Em's baby clothes found their way to someone who needs them.

{{Daniel}}

DH is stuck in San Antonio, supposed to have gotten to DFW 5.5 hours ago. Bad weather, apparently. After keeping everyone on the plane out on the tarmac for 4 hours or so they are finally returning to the gate.

Sucks. Brain missing, in search of adequate sleep. first person pronouns.

Aww Daniel congrats to you and Andi. Y'all are so sweet together and I'm glad you are happy.

Did you ask the guy where/how he heard about the job?

Yesterday's paper. I told him to go back and look and see what it said.

And I do indeed have a fever -- it went up to 101.8 but then went down to 101.1 I took something to bring it down. Hopefully in the morning it will be gone. I can't afford to miss anymore work.

After keeping everyone on the plane out on the tarmac for 4 hours or so they are finally returning to the gate.

Bet the pilots are glad they're behind a locked door right about now and will only see the passengers when they're hurrying the heck off the plane.

Jeesh. Poor H.