Hibernation

I woke up this morning to the sound of my stomach growling and wondered how bears do it...hibernate I mean. I think I have the sleepy part down, and the slow metabolism, and the part where I don't really care about what else is happening, just getting some rest. But then there's my stomach saying don't try to ignore me for more than 8 hours. Maybe I could try an IV? But then there's the fact that after too many hours in bed my body starts to ache, at least in the stressful hip joints. I bet bears don't have to cope with that either.
Why is it that whenever I blog in the morning, (okay, maybe anytime I blog), it ends up being about sleep or the lack thereof. So instead I shall finish this blog talking about shoes. Despite the wonderful shoe shopping trip of last weekend I still have not found a new pair of good shoes. I realize that it takes time and energy, both of which I seem to have a short supply of, so I guess I should be patient. But I found these cute and comfortable Hush Puppies that were unfortunately 1/2 size too small. I have since searched to no avail online. Apparently they are a discontinued style and there must be a lot of people who wear 8 1/2 wide and have bought them all esp. in the color I liked. I found only one pair in a yucky brown that cost almost $80. So no luck with that. But at least it gives me hope that someday I may find the shoes for me. (Until then I may have to at least get some new inserts for my old shoes and keep on wearing them.)