A good time in hell tonight

My Fingernail And Toenail Colors Do Not Match, Give The People in Hell Ice Water

Is change good?

Toni Crowe
3 min readJan 31, 2023

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I’m in the spa with my niece. I have on an N95 mask. She is wearing one just for me. In her real life, she is twenty-four, healthy, and running around maskless everywhere.

We are getting the works. For her, nails, toes, facial, eyebrows, and lashes. For me, nails, toes, lashes, and eyebrows. I’m still uncomfortable with someone doing anything to me outside my house with my mask off. I have a 100% tolerance for how people treat themselves during COVID. You do you.

We sit in our chairs, getting our feet worked on when she asks me what colors I’m getting. I respond that I’m going with dark red on my fingers and toes. She is shocked!

“Auntie,” she says. “The same color on your fingers and toes is so old-fashioned. And you are choosing red?”

“What, I am out of date? I like red on my nails. It makes me feel sexy. Surprise.” I laugh.

“You should choose two colors other than red,” she says.

“You know, the same color on my fingers and toes has been working for me for many years,” I say. What I don’t say is I have been wearing matching color combos on my fingers and toes…

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Toni Crowe

Sharing the hard lessons I've learned in life. Best-selling author. Humorist. Editor. Writing whatever interests me . Owner: No Air. Editor:MuddyUm.