It’s three o’clock in the morning and I’m sitting up writing this blog. Why? Because two days ago, I had a pedicure from hell.
I was feeling stressed that day because, at HJMT, we had major computer issues, had to prepare a presentation for a new business meeting, and had to take care of a bunch of personal issues.
One of my staff members recommended that I go get a manicure/pedicure at a place in Hicksville. After work, I went over there.
“I heard that the spa pedicure is great,” I said.
“You mean the green tea one,” the pedicurist asked.
“I guess,” I said. And he proceeded to prepare the water with green tea and he told me to soak my feet. As I sat there soaking, I had the massage chair going and I thought, this is so nice.
After that, he applied a mask to my legs and wrapped my legs in cellophane wrap. He also put something on my heels and the bottom of my feet to remove the calluses. He wrapped that too.
After removing, he scraped off the bottom of my feet so hard I was flinching. Suddenly I started to feel a burn on my ankle. I tried to ignore it.
Then he brought out this small stick and started to poke my feet with it. I screamed. “That hurts!” I said.
“No, it’s good if it hurts,” he told me, “this is reflexology and this will bring you good health. The more it hurts the better.”
I’m thinking, you got to be kidding! So I let him go on. By the time he was finished, I could barely walk.
Now, I’m sitting here nearly two days later and the bottom of my feet are killing me. And, that burn on my ankle is just as bad as the day I got it.
I always thought that pedicures are supposed to be relaxing. I don’t know if they are or they aren’t but what I do know is, two days ago, I had a pedicure from hell!
