A Needed Day Out
Today we decided we needed some TLC. Our TLC is found in Mankato.
I have no recollection as to when I had dropped something quite heavy on my left foot, but it sure had done a great job on the middle toe of that foot. It has the propensity of building a callous under the nail that would engulf the entire tip of the toe if not taken care of. I have found that the over-the-counter Kerasal does wonders. What really does the trick is if that toe nail is properly cut and shaped. Since the lock down of businesses, we had not had a pedicure since February. With shoulders and hands that are not the most agile, Dennis has helped with the toes several times. Only once was a band-aid needed to stop the bleeding.
The Nail Group in Mankato is a Vietnamese-run shop. We have been going there for years as Dennis has foot problems from his Korea days. It felt like such a vacation to have the pedicure and the leg massage. Dennis and I willingly wore our face masks. They always remember that we do not “do color” on our toe nails. My middle toe on my left foot is thankful for the TLC.
After the toes were pampered and beautiful, Great Clips was our next stop for hair cuts. When I tried to go online at home to make the appointment, the message came up with a wait time of seventeen minutes. It is a 45 minute drive to Mankato, so we headed out thinking we would see what could be done. As it was, there was a gal in the pedicure shop that used her phone to go online and set up an appointment for us. Great Clips does not do phone appointments and with the covid it has to be done online. I can see their point. Their in-house rules are what they are. In time if and when the covid has passed they will again accept walk-ins. Covid . . . Grrr. They did admit to cutting a string or two of someone’s face mask when doing the haircut. They are not allowed to use the blow-driers so Dennis and I were like two monkeys out in the parking lot cleaning each other of loose hair. Too funny.
It felt so good to get home and feel pampered. From head to toe . . . you can’t beat it. I made fried eggs sandwiches for a late lunch when we got home and Dennis commented how hungry he had been and how wonderful the fried egg sandwich tasted. I agreed!
Today is Wednesday and we have gotten quite a bit accomplished so far this week. When I spent some time with Dennis in the patio porch this late afternoon, I caught his eyes traveling to the back yard. It didn’t help that our neighbor Jan had mowed her yard while we were gone and the smell of the newly cut grass was filling our nostrils. I think I detected an itch in Dennis for tomorrow. I surely cannot deny Dennis’ desire to keep the acre tidy. The growth of the grass is very spotty as we have so little rain in the last several weeks. Time will tell. Happy hump evening to one and all.