aaac, I don't have time to reply to all of your post but I feel compelled to share a little. To start with, I am starting CRNA school in a few weeks at UAB. I will be 40 (that's 4-0) in September....
Another vote for Crocs - last my whole shift! (And almost everywhere else I go...) There's another nurse at my hospital that actually bought inserts to wear in the bottom of her Crocs for extra...