feets

so...i have really high arches.

every once in a while i get phrases like:

May, relax your feet.

to which i respond : they are.

(totally relaxed)

also, conversations like this:
markay: Tavi, how would you describe your sister's feet?

Tavio: they look like she's been wearing a small shoe for too long.

the kid knows me too well.

truth is:

• my feet are proportionally small for my height
  
• i have a pin in my right ankle and can sometimes trick kids into thinking it's a fake foot/leg depending on the day ;)
  
• i have sweet scars that help with the aforementioned fib
• i am paranoid and petrified of jumping on a trampoline
• i deliberately disobeyed my mother's demands to NOT jump on my neighbor's trampoline and 3 hours later she was paged to the ER (where she worked) as i was being wheeled in for doing just that. tremenda, i know
  
• i had a limp in the 6th grade and sometimes played it off like it was my cool kid walk
  
• while all the real cool kids got to go to P.E. in 6th grade, i had to stay in the library and pretend to read (i think that's why i subconsciously steered clear of them growing up)
• my fracture was so bad the doctors predicted i wouldn't ever be able to run again
• i proved them wrong every year i placed 1st or 2nd in track and cross country meets
• occasionally after long naps my right foot will freeze and i'll revert to getting my 6th grade cool walk on again
• when attempting squats, my right heal never meets the ground. which makes me look like im cheating when doing tahitian dance
• i have secret dreams of joining an amazing ballet company one day and being in a huge production doing toe pointes like a champ (reality though--my high arches would merely be an illusion, i can't point my right foot worth a flip)
• i am limited when choosing heals to strut my stuff in. anything over 1.5 inches is suicide
• salsa dancing is bitter sweet sometimes (depending on the shoe)
  
• i am selective on who can rub my feets
• i have this ocd. every night, no matter where i've been or however late it is, you can find me in the bathroom , foot in sink or tub, washing my feets. can't explain it. it's just a must.
• i believe it is a sin to have ashy feets
  
• coco butter cream is a must in our household
• and lastly
  

he's convinced feet are supposed to be flat.

too bad i know better and embrace my scrunched up feets!