Bette: Yeah. Let me put all this up first. You go ahead and get ready. I got this.

Bette and Tina then proceeded to get ready. They dressed again in their power suits with the appropriate amount of makeup and jewelry. They did not want to be too casual in their dress as Harriet was from the business world and could see it as a sign of disrespect if they were too casual.

Bette had called for their SUV to be brought around the front. Bette and Tina check to make sure they had what they needed including the recording devise. Tina then kissed Bette and encouraged her to calm down as she was not going to the principal’s office to answer for some misdeed. Bette couldn’t help but laugh. Bette appreciated Tina recognizing that she was a little stressed and knew exactly what to do to calm her down. They kiss again and headed out the door.

Once in the SUV, they input the address in the navigation system and proceeded on their journey. Tina tried to get Bette’s mind to relax by talking about what they could possibly do for the afternoon. Tina suggested that they could do go to some of the local art galleries or they could take a tour of some of the historical land marks for which Philadelphia was famous for.

Bette suggested that they go back to the hotel and change as she was not in shoes which was best for a lot of walking. She was older and in good physical condition, but she wanted her feet properly supported if they were to do a lot of walking. She had begun to realize that heals may have looked nice, but they were causing callouses and bunions on her feet that were painful and that if she continued to wear them day in and day out, she would need to see a pediatrist in order to heal the pain and allow her to carry on day-to-day activities such as walking. At the beginning of the summer, she had taken to going barefoot and wearing athletic shoes. She noticed almost immediately that by bedtime, her toes and feet were not throbbing from her shoes. Her days at school she was wearing lower heals with wider toes and had experience less pain as well. And with the move, she had given many of her high heels to charity in hopes that they could reap some benefit. She smiled as she remembered what Peggy had said a couple of years back? “Bette, when are going to start wearing some real shoes instead of those torture devices you insist on?” At that time, Bette had said never. But her feet had said something different. And the summer at the beach had underscored Peggy’s comment and gave her life new meaning.