The night before I left for vacation, I stubbed my pinky toe on a door frame. It was more painful than you'd imagine it would be, so I'm guessing I must have hit pretty hard.

While I was on vacation, I was wearing shoes most of the time, so my toe wasn't a big deal. At night I was always so tired that I would just fall asleep without thinking about it.

Then I got back home.

My toe feels mostly healed because it's not in pain or even all that tender.

But every once in a while I will bend my foot wrong and the entire side of my foot is aflame in pain. Not just my toe. It's agony, and I have a hard time getting my foot to "unlock" itself so I can move it again. No idea what that's about, but it's annoying as all get out. Jake likes to lie on my legs when I'm on the couch. Last night he was asleep on top of me when, out of nowhere, crippling pain. And it was all I could do to keep still so Jake wouldn't be thrown off.

I sure hope this nonsense ends sometime real soon. Otherwise I'm going to have to start wearing shoes in the house, and I am most definitely not a fan.