New Shoes!

I am a big fan of toning shoes. I skeptically got a pair of the sneakers when they first came out, and I took them to China with me last fall where I wore them all the time. I only have good things to say about toning shoes, and I still wear mine whenever I take a walk. So I was super-excited to hear on my trip to Colorado over the summer that Crocs was coming out with a line of toning shoes, and I couldn’t wait to try them out.

My time has come, and I have been wearing my Crocs Tone shoes for a few weeks. The biggest difference between these and my toning tennis shoes is the weight- Crocs Tones are so light! I mostly wear them around my little apartment, and I can feel the benefits walking even those small distances.

The bottoms of the shoes are a bit rounded, but they aren’t clunky and awkward-looking like the tennis shoes. Another important aspect is that the Crocs Tones don’t put you too much off-balance so that you think you’re going to fall over. I’ve felt like that standing around in my toning tennis shoes before!

With my other toning shoes, I feel like I have to be on a serious walk to wear them, and I would never wear them around the house, so what I like most about my Crocs Tone shoes is that I am comfortable wearing them doing anything.

Update?

I moved to Columbus in August, and I’m really excited about this time in my life. Which is a bit ironic, because from the outside, my life seems so boring. After work, I cook, read, write, or sew. I go to bed early. I don’t do anything exciting. But that’s what makes it so exciting. I’m writing a book. I’m studying Chinese again. I’m just learning a lot and keeping it simple.

People are surprised that I don’t have a TV, the internet, or a car. It’s not that I’m trying to prove a point or live a certain lifestyle; these things are just unnecessary to me right now, and I don't miss them. What I am trying to do is to push myself to make the most of my time and my life and to learn as much as I can.

I love my job. I work with cool people, and the projects I work on are filled with opportunities to learn about politics, history, social issues, current events, the arts... anything and everything. My current obsession - laugh with me here, is researching Oliver Hazard Perry, who won the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812. If I ever have a son, his middle name is going to be Hazard. Sweet, right?

Speaking of work, major changes are coming in the next few weeks, and not just with the Republican majority coming into the Statehouse – 22 new interns/fellows will start working in December! So, although I totally enjoy my simple, solitary, introverted existence, I will appreciate the new faces and new friendships.