Day 7: Blizzard

I wrote this post when I first bought these shoes.

I truly loved these shoes. They were so comfy and warm! I'd still love them, but now they have a mold of my foot in them and they're not so soft and special. Marie was there when I bought them, and she has her own pair in grey (but mine are better).

I wore these shoes to school last year and that day there was a surprise almost blizzard. It was snowing so hard and there was slushy snow stuff everywhere. My moccasins got soaked! I went to Hayley's hoping to dry them out before I started on my long walk back to my apartment on 200 North.

Sitting in Hayley's apartment with her and Boyd always felt like home with family, even though it smelled Asian. That day it was freezing, my jeans were soaked and my moccasins dripped when I stepped. Boyd tried to dry them for me, which worked a little bit. They smelled so bad. For once the apartment didn't smell of Asians but of my feet. Ever since that day these shoes stink when I wear them. It's definitely why they have that nappy nastiness of my foot outlines.

But more than reminding me of that freezing wet day that made these shoes forever invoke a gag reflex when smelled, I am reminded of sitting in that apartment. We never did much when we hung out, but it just felt comfortable. Being with Boyd and Hayley was natural. I was never made to feel like the third wheel. Even if they started to get all "cute and lovey" I didn't really feel left out. But I always feel like the third wheel around other couples! But with them, it's just normal. In fact, I feel bad whenever there's a fourth person because I'm afraid that they will feel left out of the three of us. I love them so much and I'm grateful for their friendship. I wish that we could see each other more, but with them in Orem, studying for the GRE and having a full time job, and with me doing school and not having a license or a car, what can we really expect? They fill me with hope and support. With love. Who could ask for better friends and influences than I have been given with Boyd and Hayley? These shoes represent comfort, home and family.