Less than two weeks before I am a married woman and the only thing I want to talk about is feet. Well, I do see feet everyday. I feel and inspect feet on all my patients early in the morning. And you know what? I think my standard for gross feet has dropped considerably. The past 2 months I have looked at all my patients and they are all without an exception unattractive. Dry, flaky skin. Fungus infected nails. Amputated  toes. Feet that probably haven't been washed for a week or at least look that way. Leaky toes, diabetic ulcer, swollen toes. Pitting edema.
Then I think that my poor patients really need pedicures, multiple sessions, but only the people with pretty feet get pedicures.

I must say that compared to those, Joe-Joe has much better feet. He is the top one in the whole bunch. Now if any of you are pucking and wondering how Joe-Joe's feet can ever look good, I swear that I am NOT wearing rose-colored glasses.

But if I had to rate my favorite pair of feet I would have to say Debbie's feet. They are really cute cause they are small and her toes curl in a funny way, so if you haven't inspected them before - check them out next time you see her.

I know I should be studying. I know that I should think about nothing else except this upcoming test, but I can help it. I fell in love with a dog 4 days ago and I can't get her out of my mind. She is a Jindo in the Orange County animal shelter. I was thinking about getting my older brother another Jindo and I all set on adopting her when my mom found out and threw a fit. So now we can't get her. But she is really really cute and I went to visit her on Sunday (Sunday is my day off from studying) and she was really friendly, not like Pepper. But other than the friendly factor she is exactly like Pepper. I don't know how valid it is but I am certain she has the same mannerisms as Pepper. When I scratched her belly, she shook her back paw. She tried to cover my face with kisses. She even smelled like Pepper (and let me tell you - different kinds of dogs smell differently.) I know this one by heart. She is kind of white with tan splotches. She sits the same way, stands the same way, lies down the same way.

For one thing I know that if Pepper were in an animal shelter she would be one of the "problem dogs" that is not up for adoption because she bit anyone who got close to her. They probably would have put her down. This dog treated me the way Pepper always treated me, as if I had always been her master.  So this dog is still there. I can't help thinking about her, spending another night in a cage outside. I can't handle so many dogs like that. I know if I got to know each of them I would cry for all of them. But this one could almost be my dog. Ok I have to stop thinking about her, darn - I am crying again for Pepper. 3 years and I haven't cried for her, but this dog just reminds me so much of her. I hope someone adopts her. God please have someone adopt her. Please don't let them put her down.