And it's now playing on my radio....

aurelia, could you get inserts for your shoes? The kind RDJ wears to be Tony Stark?

Oh, that's what my dr recommended for my tendinitis (thanks for that link, aurelia, very interesting), inserts. I picked up some "lifts" that are 1.5-2" thick and fit ok in most of my shoes, if that would be enough to raise up your other leg in line with the boot. I think they make thicker ones but I haven't tried them.

Definitely get something the same height as your boot, or you will fuck up your hip.

Absolutely. My DIL just finished wearing a boot for a heel fracture and I think her hips bothered her more than the foot.

I have no blood left! They took 7 vials. I drank 50 oz of water from the time I got up until I got to the doctor to make it as easy as possible with my stupid veins. It did help because he got it first try and took all the vials without having to restart anything. Also, the phlebotomist at my PCP's office rocks. In the past if he didn't get it the first try he would always ask if I wanted to try again or come back another time.

I got home from work at 1am and tried various shoes and insole combos until 2am. I've currently got a newish Docs (soles not worn down and not as squishy as the shoe I was wearing yesterday) with a Dr Shoals insole under the orthotic insole I've been using. I could probably use another 1/4". My other option is a chunky 2.5" heeled boot which is about a 1/2" too tall. I'll keep looking at insole options.

I'm experiencing a dilemma that's so totally typical of me that it's comical. I've thought for at least a year now that I want to get a tattoo to mark the hard work and progress I've made in therapy. But for the longest time, I couldn't think of what design the tattoo should be. And then when we saw Hamilton (despite me listening to the OCR a kajillion times and nothing jumping out), one line hit me so hard during the performance that I gasped a little -- in "That Would Be Enough," the line Eliza sings: "Look at where you are / Look at where you started." Because you know what? I've come pretty damn far, and I'm really proud of that.

My dilemma is this: shit, man, WHAT FONT?!? I hope it doesn't take another year to figure that out.

I would suggest the period-appropriate Baskerville, Steph.

I do like Baskerville. I definitely want a serif font, I know that much.

The phlebotomist who took my blood yesterday (to bring everything together) had a tattoo in what I would consider a "significant" font, heavy and dark and lots of serifs, and what I could read of it said something about happiness in the dark, and I asked to read the rest and it was such a letdown. It was some sort of weird joke, about getting up and turning on the light. People! Don't use a significant font, permanently, on your arm, for a joke!

I can't get a tattoo because of the psoriasis, so I'm jealous of your tattoo having ways, Steph.

Steph, [link]

"The font used for the musical title in the poster is Trajan, which is an elegant old style serif typeface designed in 1989 by Carol Twombly for Adobe. For the font setting the text "An American Musical", it looks like Gotham Bold Condensed."