Ladies Spa Day
Alix, my officemate at work, invited me to her annual "Ladies Spa Day", traditionally held the Saturday before Mothers' Day at the community pool in her townhouse complex.
The instructions were to bring "pool essentials, a dish to share, your favorite drink and an indulgent magazine". I got there just after 10, having stopped off for sunscreen, food, drink and magazines. Alix and her co-organizer friend Marit were already there, and we started pouring the Mimosas and decrying the comeback of 80s fashions. (Neon, anyone?)
Shortly we were joined by Laila, a veteran of past Spa Days, and at noon the final three arrived making a total of seven of us. The food was good - banana bread, pasta salad, hummus, crudités, egg rolls and potato wedges.
And then it was time for fun in the pool, helped along by the badminton set that Alix had brought along. It was all the more amusing for the fact that the bats had handles that were only about three inches long, and the shuttlecock had obviously been weighted by a sadist. There was just no way to predict where it was going to go... but fun was had and incriminating photos were taken! If Alix doesn't download them and give me a CD this week, I will attempt to kidnap her camera - they must be shown. ;)
We finished up with casual game of 'Fact or Crap', selecting only the interesting questions. The ones pertaining to geology or botany were far too easy, considering we had 3 members of the US Geological Survey, 2 Desert Museum staff and a woman who is famous for helping refugees with food harvesting. As we played, we realized how we had all been brainwashed by the information age as we felt the frustration of not having Google or Wikipedia right there to check answers, or learn more. Alix's house was just too far away for the wifi to reach. :P
Considering we started with one bottle of champagne per person, and most of it was gone by the time we left, I feel amazingly clearheaded...
The instructions were to bring "pool essentials, a dish to share, your favorite drink and an indulgent magazine". I got there just after 10, having stopped off for sunscreen, food, drink and magazines. Alix and her co-organizer friend Marit were already there, and we started pouring the Mimosas and decrying the comeback of 80s fashions. (Neon, anyone?)
Shortly we were joined by Laila, a veteran of past Spa Days, and at noon the final three arrived making a total of seven of us. The food was good - banana bread, pasta salad, hummus, crudités, egg rolls and potato wedges.
And then it was time for fun in the pool, helped along by the badminton set that Alix had brought along. It was all the more amusing for the fact that the bats had handles that were only about three inches long, and the shuttlecock had obviously been weighted by a sadist. There was just no way to predict where it was going to go... but fun was had and incriminating photos were taken! If Alix doesn't download them and give me a CD this week, I will attempt to kidnap her camera - they must be shown. ;)
We finished up with casual game of 'Fact or Crap', selecting only the interesting questions. The ones pertaining to geology or botany were far too easy, considering we had 3 members of the US Geological Survey, 2 Desert Museum staff and a woman who is famous for helping refugees with food harvesting. As we played, we realized how we had all been brainwashed by the information age as we felt the frustration of not having Google or Wikipedia right there to check answers, or learn more. Alix's house was just too far away for the wifi to reach. :P
Considering we started with one bottle of champagne per person, and most of it was gone by the time we left, I feel amazingly clearheaded...