My Right Shoe

So I hate tying my shoes. Instead I leave them on a single knot loosely so I can slide in and out easily. These are very comfortable shoes, mind you. They were my tennis shoes senior year of high school and as of last summer, they were promoted to the everyday shoes after their predecessors took a lot of wear and tear up north.

These shoes are loosing traction, and that makes it difficult this winter on Central's super icy sidewalks. The back of the heal is tearing past its first layer of shoe material from the walking in loosely tied shoes. But I would rather be comfortable with my shoes and leave them in these loosely tied single knots.

Why would I not double knot them? Well, I feel like double knotting is for people who are not secure with their shoes or themselves (yeah, that was so deep). Actually, I just never saw the need to double knot my shoes.

Until recently.

My right shoe has come untied numerous times this past month. It boggles the mind. Only the right shoe. I dislike it very much. I feel very out of whack having to lean down to retie the shoe, since in the past the shoes have held together so well.

It is an odd feeling tying my shoe, which goes with other odd feelings of doing something after a long break:
- Handwriting
- Guitar Hero
- Playing tennis
- Driving
- Insulting James (but boy does that feel good)
- Actually doing homework

Most upsetting though, is that it is my right shoe. I am predominantly a right handed person. I use my left brain more than the right anyway. If it were my left shoe, then I could exercise my right brain for a chance.

As I shoot the evil eye at my right shoe as I type, I can only sense when that jerk will come undone next; walking to class, climbing up stairs, randomly sitting down, it is not definite, but it will happen. And when it does, all I can do is curse the bugger and retie him tightly.

In a single knot. Using the bunny ear method.

UPDATE: My right shoe came untied the day after this post. I was climbing the stairs, as predicted.