The weirdest weekend ever...

 Happy Labor Day to those in the US. The PNW seems to have plunged into fall, the weather is cool, it's been drizzling and rainy almost every day. I'm always loather to let go of summer out here but this is nice. I'll take it. I just hope it lasts until official winter - that I do not enjoy.

So, a few of you have already seen this over on Instagram, but I had the WEIRDEST series of events happen this weekend.

First, while out to dinner and walking through and outdoor sidewalk art show - my soles of my shoes literally disintegrated. At first a chunk came off in the restaurant. I thought it was dirt or...eeek poop from the dogs lol I checked in the bathroom and the soles looked sticky-ish but still nothing too weird. I thought whatever I stepped in would come off while I walked outside. Now, I'm leaving a trail of crumbled black stuff and chunks behind and I notice the sides of the sole are hanging off. WTF??!!!!

I'm almost a mile away from my car at this point, everyone is out strolling, enjoying the art and music in the streets and I'm falling apart lol There was ONE clothing store that sells shoes in the area and I ran in with 15 minutes to spare. They have a super small selection and mostly dressy shoes but I found these boots on clearance for $19. Whew!

In doing a little research when I got home I solved the case of the disappearing shoe. It is

something called hydrolysis. It's a chemical reaction that occurs when water molecules break down the bonds in the polyurethane (PU) material. These were Ecco shoes - and pretty pricey even though they were older (but in great shape). Kevin looked at their website and they will take them back and give a credit. I'm doing that because it's on their dime but I doubt I'll ever buy their shoes again. I read horror stories of this happening in the middle of business meetings, while hiking and even while being a pall bearer at a funeral! 

Weird thing number two... 

We were playing a point and shoot game (Pistol Whip) on Kevin's Oculus (a VR headset if you didn't know). We've had this for several years and only play games where you stay still and shoot or use a saber like weapon. I have never felt like it's real or gotten disoriented. I can't play those type of games that are immersive or else I get nauseous. 

Anyway, there was a new level where they took your gun away and you had to punch the bad guys coming at you. And, honestly, that was fun lol but when I got to the end, with only a few feet to the exit door, there were like 10+ people shooting at me from platforms far away. I couldn't reach them and I was just getting hit over and over. 

In my brain, I was thinking, I'm only like 2 feet from the exit - I will just run out and be done. You usually have a play area radius of about 6 feet. I was much closer to the edge though - took leave all all common sense - and RAN. Into the large screen tv and entertainment cabinet.  

Everything went blank, I heard Kevin yell oh shit! and run over to me asking if I was ok. It was so shocking (because I couldn't tell what really happened) that I was just standing there asking what was wrong. 

Then I sort of realized that I smashed into something and Kevin's checking my arms and head and I thought - oh my god what did I do to myself. I thought I was bleeding and looked down (at still virtual me lol). Turned out that the headset has enough cushion and I didn't have any head injury, I did whack me knee pretty hard to I have a bruise. The Oculus didn't have any damage, which is shocking, so the TV took the brunt of it all and is now dead. I guess the only bright spot is it's the tv downstairs that we don't really use and I had gotten it super cheap on clearance, even though it was a big screen. But...yikes.

I kind of wish Kevin was recording it because I can't even imagine how ridiculous I looked, tucking my head down and ramming forward like a football player lol

Now, it's Monday and I have managed to set off the smoke alarm while cooking and now Ripley is afraid to go in the kitchen, so I'm on a roll!

At this point, please save me from myself or put me in bubble wrap lol

How is your long weekend going? Hopefully better and safer than mine!