Cracked Heels

Over the last few months, Jon has encountered something he had NEVER had to deal with before….ever. It’s been a big time problem. It’s been preventing him from focusing, working, even walking! Ok, that all might sound really dramatic once you know what the issue is, but seriously guys…he’s kinda been freaking out!

The Problem

There’s this thing we Arizonans have to deal with call – ‘dry air.’ You’ve probably heard one two many jokes about how Arizona is hot, but ‘Oh, it’s a dry heat!’ (As if that makes 115 degrees any better?) Realistically, it does mean we avoid something we can’t stand worse than a bowl of soggy Cheerios….humidity, but it also brings it’s own set of challenges.

Enter Jon and his problem.

Guys, are you ready for this?

It’s big, YUGE even.

He has cracked heels. Yes…that’s really what all the fuss has been about.

But before you go labeling him a diva, let’s just say, they really are pretty bad. You know those really gross infomercials on TV that show nasty foot fungus? Well, if they had an infomercial for cracked heels, Jon would have been their on-screen model! And it really did look like it hurt. We don’t want to be gross about it here, but his heels had miniature Grand Canyons running all about them.

It’s Not That Funny

Jon also has this thing…about his feet. They are off limits. Can’t touch ‘em. He has the most ticklish feet God ever made. Seriously, look at them too long and he’ll start laughing!

Erica, being the practical joker that she is, thought it would be funny to teach our kids about that as they got older, so of course their go-to attack against dad in wrestling matches on the living room floor is to tickle his feet! He literally loses all resistance, his entire body goes limp, and he dies laughing! So far the scoreboard is Kids 1,038 – Jon 0.

Ticklish feet aside, Jon tried everything! Pumice stone (Erica could hear him laughing in the shower trying to use it on his own foot). Lotion and socks. Prayer! Ok maybe we didn’t take it that seriously, but he probably would have appreciated it, because nothing worked. They got worse and worse.

Life Changing

That’s when we decided to do something Jon has never, ever…..EVER suggested doing before. If we had a list of things we thought Jon would never say, this would be at that top of it.

We were walking through Costco …

Side Note: Erica was walking. Jon was doing this cool one-legged strut thing that could have easily been confused for a dance move, to avoid pressure on his heel.

But we were walking through Costco, and Jon stopped pushing the cart. He looked at Erica very dramatically and said, “I am not trying to be dramatic, but we need to stop what we are doing and go get a stinking pedicure!!’

Not.

Dramatic.

At All.

You have to understand. Jon had just very emphatically suggested going to his version of foot hell. The place where they touch and massage and scrub your feet. To Jon that means they tickle, tickle and tickle your feet some more!

There’s really no lesson to be learned here. No deep revelations were had at the nail salon. This was just a great opportunity to share a photo that Jon tried like heck to avoid. A photo Erica may never be able to capture again! So enjoy! And if your heels hurt, go get yo’ self a pedicure, OK!?