Stones in my shoes

There is a pebble in my shoe. Its been in there since Tuesday afternoon (today is Friday). For some reason whenever this happens rather than remove my shoe and easily discard the intruder I spend all day wiggling my foot around and maneuvering the stone into a comfortable position. (eg. between toes). I'm pretty sure this behavior says something about me as a person, but I'm way too lazy to even bother thinking about it.

Eventually, I develop a kind of relationship with the pebble. It'll disappear for most of a day and then pop itself out from hiding by jamming its jagged sides into the ball of my foot, and its like a surprise visit from an old army buddy who you haven't even thought about in a while.

My foot hurts.

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