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I'm sure Young Stumbler #1 won't approve, but I'm wearing my slippers in the office this week instead of my regular shoes:



A few weeks ago, I noticed my foot was sore. I thought the reason was that my shoe inserts (shoe liners, shoe pads?) were getting too old. So, I bought a few sets of new inserts. As I was installing them into my shoes, I happened to rub my heel with my hand, and felt a small bump. While I think my shoe pads needed replacing, the real cause of the pain was this lump. Over the next few days I noticed the middle of the bump turned a little bit black.

Well, I finally went to the doctor yesterday at lunch time. I thought he would freeze it off or maybe apply some acid to remove it. Well, instead, he surgically removed it under a local anesthtic! With CH helping to translate, I understand that this was some kind of corn. I do feel sorry for CH, having to watch the doctor slice into my foot - yuck! The doctor even gave me the corn after removing it! (no, I didn't keep it, I gave it to the nurse to throw away). Then he gave me several stitches IN THE HEEL. OUCH! It hurt so bad he had to give me a second round of anesthetic shots mid-way through the procedure.

Of course in a few days, everything will be all better. But yesterday, I felt that the cure was worse than the problem! My foot hurt far more than it did before I visited the doctor. Walking is real fun now, using only the balls of my feet. This morning it was feeling better, and hopefully by the end of the week it will be normal. I have to go back today to have it cleaned and inspected. Fortunately the doctor's office is just next door to my office.

Oh, I am not allowed to get it wet. No problem, it turns out there are waterproof bandaids just for such a situation. Don't worry, I won't be sharing any gross photos of my sliced and stitched-up heel - just this photo of my unfashionable sandals with socks.

I saw this package of popcorn at the store, featuring a photo of ME!

Young Stumbler #3 was in a most excellent musical this weekend. She played the role of Ruth. It was a wonderful production, with great music and a very entertaining play. Here are a few photos:

Normally airplane food, even in business class, is nothing to write home about. But on the flight yesterday, the meal was especially good. I don't know if that is because of the new plane, or just a change in the menu choices.

I forgot to photograph the first salad/soup course, but it was good, and they served a tomato soup that I actually liked. Next was the main course, which I selected steak, mashed potatoes and green beans:



Next they brought fresh fruit and cheese plate:



Finally ice cream with hot fudge sauce and whipped cream:

There was an airplane problem in Seoul apparently, and they had swapped planes for my flight to Atlanta. Turns out this plane is the first in a new fleet of long range Boeing 777-200LR aircraft to be used by Delta. From talking to the crew, it will be used at first on flights that are even longer the Seoul-Atlanta, say flights to Sydney or Dubai. The cool feature of this plane is new lay-flat seats/beds in the business class cabin.





They were very nice as a bed. I slept for more than 8 hours with no problems. As a seat, I think they need to go back to the drawing board however. I felt like I was sitting too high and too far forward. There were lots of neat shelves, controls, etc., but I felt like I had to reach back to get to them. Anyway, I enjoyed it while I could - this plane won't be regularly flying the Seoul routes anytime soon.

I'm sitting in the airport lounge at the Seoul Incheon International Airport. This is a fairly new lounge in the new A-Concourse. Apparently Delta flights will be served from this new concourse, as this is my second flight from here.



You can see my plane out the window (with the Delta tail), and another JAL plane as well.

I stumbled upon this scene this morning, which is the morning after recycling day. I posted a photo before of all the bags of recycled material, but this was the first time I've seen the next step. He picks up several bags at one time and drops them into this huge truck.

BTW, I've noticed that the recycling consists of probably 60% plastic. There's probably dozens of scientific papers written about this, but I wonder why there are fewer jars and cans?