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So, the spa. Yesterday I used the gift certificate Kevin gave me for my birthday. I had a body scrub, body wrap, full-body massage, and body moisturizing treatment, in addition to full access to the spa facilities. It was really nice and I enjoyed all of it, but in a way it was too much to experience all in one day, just too much stimulus and too much scheduling. I'd had the scrub and massage before and knew I would enjoy them, although the massage therapist worked a bit more...intensely than I was ready for. (Or maybe I'm just so tight and tense that deep-tissue is bothersome to me right now.) The body wrap was the most enjoyable, because I got to just lie on a table and nap while it worked. The moisturizing treatment was really keen (being slathered in olive oil, honey, milk, and cucumbers felt so decadent, and the results on the skin are amazing), but I couldn't go back in the pools afterwards, which meant that I only got about an hour's worth of actual soaking in, due to the rest of the day being filled with all the treatments (and the desperate need to eat in the middle of it--and lest anyone think that "need" is too strong, trust me, when you've undergone that much heat and work on your body, the hunger that results is overpowering). The other bad thing about the day was that during the mandatory hot-pool soak before the scrub, I developed a vascular headache from the heat, and it never went away (and wasn't helped by all the pummeling I underwent during the various treatments).
But I did enjoy everything. I chose to go on a weekday so it wouldn't be as madhouse-crowded as on a weekend, and that was really nice. I enjoyed having the pools and the hot rooms largely to myself much of the time. It was a little weird to have the scrub and moisturizing in empty rooms, though; the communal aspect of those services is part of their appeal, I think. Since I couldn't go back in the pools at the end of the services (and didn't want to ruin the mellowing effects by driving home during rush hour), I instead laid around on the warmed floors and in the lounge and read Under the Black Flag: The Romance and The Reality of Life Among the Pirates, which I am enjoying greatly. It's breaking a lot of my assumptions and perceptions and teaching me things. I haven't just laid around and read a book for a long stretch in quite some time. I need to do it more often, spa or not.
And I need to go to the spa more often, regardless of whether I get any extra services. I need to be more focused on planning for that and reserving the funds for it. One day a month to just go soak and sweat and let go of everything else is very good for me. I need to make that a priority.
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Kevin left yesterday for two weeks of training in San Antonio. I got very mopey about it on Monday evening, but I'm doing all right now. After the other separations we've dealt with, two weeks isn't much of anything in comparison. I do have to sleep with the radio on when he's not here. And of course Shylah is mopey in the extreme, clinging to me whenever possible and pricking up her ears at any sound that might be Daddy coming home. Even Kaga realizes that things aren't as normal (and is being even more of a brat in response, though he's also cuddling more). I've got plenty to occupy myself with the next two weeks, what with Norwescon prep, so I'll manage.
But I did enjoy everything. I chose to go on a weekday so it wouldn't be as madhouse-crowded as on a weekend, and that was really nice. I enjoyed having the pools and the hot rooms largely to myself much of the time. It was a little weird to have the scrub and moisturizing in empty rooms, though; the communal aspect of those services is part of their appeal, I think. Since I couldn't go back in the pools at the end of the services (and didn't want to ruin the mellowing effects by driving home during rush hour), I instead laid around on the warmed floors and in the lounge and read Under the Black Flag: The Romance and The Reality of Life Among the Pirates, which I am enjoying greatly. It's breaking a lot of my assumptions and perceptions and teaching me things. I haven't just laid around and read a book for a long stretch in quite some time. I need to do it more often, spa or not.
And I need to go to the spa more often, regardless of whether I get any extra services. I need to be more focused on planning for that and reserving the funds for it. One day a month to just go soak and sweat and let go of everything else is very good for me. I need to make that a priority.
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Kevin left yesterday for two weeks of training in San Antonio. I got very mopey about it on Monday evening, but I'm doing all right now. After the other separations we've dealt with, two weeks isn't much of anything in comparison. I do have to sleep with the radio on when he's not here. And of course Shylah is mopey in the extreme, clinging to me whenever possible and pricking up her ears at any sound that might be Daddy coming home. Even Kaga realizes that things aren't as normal (and is being even more of a brat in response, though he's also cuddling more). I've got plenty to occupy myself with the next two weeks, what with Norwescon prep, so I'll manage.