On the 40th day, the flood ended. Actually, I got new shoes.

What the title says. I got new Scarpa Golden Gate ATR 2 trail runners. They are size 42, which would normally be Bigfoot++ sized, but Scarpa is a European company and they sensibly use European measurements. It’s equivalent to a size 9 here, and the shoes seem to be about that, maybe just a tiny bit bigger. They look nice, have oodles of good reviews and seem to hit all my requirements, so we’ll see how they feel. This has nothing to do with my surgery, which is a good thing. Surgery did not really cross my mind today except when I briefly talked about it with a neighbour. Here’s a stock photo of the shoes: