So, winter arrived late last night with a bang and a thump. Last night didn’t matter too much; I was camped out in the living room with an alright book that I wanted to finish.
The bad part of winter arriving is that I have to switch from wearing sandals/flipflops to shoes. This is incredibly badly timed on my part as I own two pairs of non-open toed shoes, a pair of trainers which got soaked in Blackrock on Sunday, and a pair of 4 and a half inch high heeled dress shoes which I don’t often wear because it’s disconcerting to look down on people at work. Also, the running across the carpark is that bit harder and I still have this lack of strength thing going in my left knee which is kiboshing some of my more life-risking activities. IE I will climb an indoor wall but anything more challenging and it’s bye bye.
The good thing about 4 1/2 inch heels are as follows:
- you look very good in them. Particularly if you’ve learned to cover the slight expression of pain every time you take a step in them.
- you can use them as weapons either literally (yes they have spiky heels) or metaphorically (I’m five nine without shoes. The average Irish man is five seven. This leaves a lot of manoevre for towering over people)
- because you don’t wear them often they generally look brand new
The bad parts however:
- they hurt
- you can’t drive wearing them
- they hurt
- it’s easier to trip; and
- they hurt.
In other words, there are good reasons as to why they look brand new 2 years after you buy them.
I need new shoes that are maybe, just 3 inches high.
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Treasa,
Saw your query about archery on Twitter. I am having trouble tweeting at present because my password only works sometimes.
I used to shoot over 20 years ago. However life got busy and I had to hang up the bow. I’ve been toying with taking it up again as I could do with the exercise.
There are places where you can go and use equipment. I would not recommend this. It is essential to learn how to draw a bow properly otherwise nasty injuries can happen (especially to a woman). These would be worse than a tumble off 4 1/2 heels! There are also insurance issues because an arrow can travel at around 200 feet per second. In the right hands a bow is slightly more accurate than a handgun.
I suggest that you look at http://www.dublinarchers.com If you have any difficulty getting through to them, try phoning the Irish Wheelchair Association in Clontarf. Dublin Archers used to shoot on their ground but I do not know if they still do.
Niall
Niall,
thanks a million for the advice. I really appreciate it. I will have a look at Dublin Archers and see what can be done in terms of giving it a go and learning how to do it.
I really need a life where I don’t have to work but can just try all these things.
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