*WARNING: This post contains a graphic image of abused feet.* — Lauren
Ok, Lloyd. Take it away:
I have three friends who are running for state legislature and it’s getting pretty close to election day:
- Mark Kolterman (District 24 which includes Seward)
- Laura Ebke (District 32 just south of Seward)
- Brent Smoyer (District 26 which contains Lincoln Lutheran)
This weekend while Lauren was busy doing stuff, I was volunteering for Laura’s campaign. We walked some of the towns in her district handing out literature and talking about all of the things that would make Laura a good state representative. I’ve known Laura for about 6 years, so it was easy to come up with good things to say about her.
Did I mention the walking? We walked a lot. We covered Martell, Sprague, Hallam and Dewitt. There may have been one or two others. Every street in every one of those towns. I don’t wear teacher clothes when we go door to door. Shirt and Tie is just a little bit formal for knocking on doors in rural Nebraska. My normal outfit is jeans, a button down shirt and nice shoes.
I always worry that my nice shoes won’t be good for walking, so I bring my teacher shoes along too. I did that on Saturday and didn’t need them, so I didn’t bring them on Sunday. That was a mistake. After a scant mile of walking on Sunday I knew I had a blister. Ten minutes later I knew I had two of them.
There really wasn’t anything I could do. The good people of De Witt were not going to tell themselves why they should consider voting for Laura. I just kept walking. Luckily it gave me a good reason to just walk. Eric was my partner on Sunday and he was a real go getter. He figured that he could cover more houses if he ran between houses. Kids.
I didn’t take my shoes off until we were back at Laura’s house and I was back in my car. I’m glad I didn’t.
When I got to school today I told Joel, “I hurt my legs over the weekend… by using them.”