Congratulations, and nice choice of photo for your toaster. Are you recovered from your whirlwind tour of DC?
Aside from a big red blister on my right foot from walking around on Friday, yes. Usually I try to ignore them and just tough it out. It works pretty well. I was on foot all Friday and Saturday too, with the exception of the Saturday evening trolley tour. Only I traded my dress shoes in for sneakers (I walked holes into the soles, and they kept coming out everytime I took my shoes off; I'll have to superglue them back in).