askye, I dealt with plantar fasciitis by massaging the arch and stretching every chance I got, especially first thing in the morning. Any kind of stretch that pulls or pushes the top of your foot toward your shin will help. Just keep in mind that it takes weeks/months to resolve. None of the products marketed toward this were useful for me.

I've had plantar but it manifested as bottom of the foot and back of the heel pain - not outside or top of the foot. Also, no numbness. Danskos helped immensely - also Think! (not cheap) and Earth shoes. Also stretching exercises.

Laura, fyi, the woman just elected Loudon County (Virginia) head of the Board of Supervisors is the one who was photographed flipping off Trump's motorcade.

I pretty much wear exclusively Danskos, but not cheap. I think there is an online outlet where I ended up with a lot of fun colors, but if you want black in a common size you will need to shell out!

I am trying to decide whether to put my loan to pay off my credit card now or wait until I am cleared on inspection. I think the city may actually take 60 days, but I like having the money available in case I have to pay a deposit and rent and moving expenses. Maybe I should move it to my savings account?

I think I might do some painting tonight. I found two canvases on the back porch and I lost two of my wall hangings. I don't really paint things, just solid squares with shading, but I used to enjoy it. I really need something to do beyond clean and worry and work, which is terrible

I asked my friend Katie to help me with the attic proper. It is probably fine to pass inspection, but the last time it happened I cleaned by boxing up wine bottles and clutter and shoving it in the attic, and I just want it gone! I would pay the guys, but frankly if I have to move, I am fine leaving three boxes of junk and wine bottles for the landlord to clean out!

I'd love to do a holiday card/postcard exchange instead of a gift.

I'd be happy to do a holiday card exchange +group donation. I love getting and sending cards. And I like the idea of banding together to give someone/something a useful boost.

I'm in a Masters program now that I doubt I will ever use directly (Food Studies) but it's feeding my brain in a satisfying way that makes work more bearable (and there's the outside chance that I could eventually transfer internally from digital media and into sustainability).

I am having a glasses problem. My current glasses are ~4 years old and need to be replaced. So, like a responsible adult, I made an appointment with the optometrist and got a fresh prescription. His diagnosis was that my old prescription was much too high, which was causing tension headaches since I spend most of my day in front of a computer (true!). But when my new glasses came, my night vision went utterly to SHIT, to the point where I felt unsafe driving after about 4pm. I went back to the optometrist and told him my concerns, and he condescendingly accused me of exaggerating/lying (yes, I can read the eye chart in the office, but out in the REAL FUCKING WORLD I was having trouble reading highway exit signs, and it was incredibly scary!!) but grudgingly wrote a new prescription which splits the difference between my old and new one.

So I'm about to return my new glasses to Zenni (for store credit) but I really don't know what to do about replacing them! Should I order my old (high) prescription, which lets me see comfortable distances in dim light but was truthfully causing headaches by the end of the day, or my new (medium) prescription which I don't trust because the doctor was such an arrogant dickbag? Or suck it up and pay for a third eye appointment with a new provider which my insurance won't cover?

(The astigmatism numbers on all versions of my prescription are as high as they can go. The only variable is the magnification level.)

Is it financially feasible to keep the current glasses for daytime use, and order a second pair of your old prescription just for night driving?

Yeah you may need two pairs! My vision is significantly different when my eyes are dilated (at night, or with drugs in the doctors office) and currently I only wear glasses when driving at night—when I had eye surgery they corrected for daytime vision.

One of the other mothers at drop off this morning (who now has 4 kids) said to me in a condescending manner (and not for the first time) "So now you have your whole day free". Yeah, thanks, I didn't already feel inadequate enough today.