Someone Should've Told Me

I'm not sure if no one every told me or if I just didn't listen, but getting old (even in your late twenties) sucks. You see, I've been faced with a very important decision lately: continue to wear cute, trendy shoes that make my foot swollen or spend the money on seemingly not cute or trendy orthopedic shoes that don't make my foot swollen. For those of you that know my love for shoes, you understand why this is such a difficult decision.
I've never been good with just two choices. Usually I think outside of the box and come up with some alternatives. I could do what my doctor said, which was "sit down more at work. Why couldn't you?". Clearly, doc has never spent a day in the feet of a teacher. I asked husband Joe to check with our insurance policy to see if it would cover a new foot. Seems viable, right? So as I trot from store to store in search of the perfect cute-but-support-please-don't-make-my-foot-swollen shoe, I curse the older women that let me buy the cute, cheap shoes so long ago. And I think about what I'd say to the twenty-something girls in my life. It'd go something like " heed this advice: you will get older. You will get medical problems. And, well, someone told you so."