pampered princess

[so_esoteric]

yes. that's me. last weekend involved some much needed therapy in the form of massages and facials and scrubs and masks and essential oils. i spent most of it flouncing around in a big white fluffy dressing gown sipping hot water with lemon. i whisked my mum away for a weekend of pampering at a lovely spa/4* hotel in northamptonshire. the room was beautiful and the food right out of the top drawer. it was all multi layer terrines and grilled swordfish. the heat and ice experience was my favourite. there was a black marble crystal steam room and a salt crystal steam room and experience showers and an ice cave - a proper rocky cavern with crushed ice to rub all over your body complete with an ice shower. the pool was incredible and painted like a roman bath with pillars and sky and a rose garden complete with peacocks. all that and they had sumptuous sofas with open fires where you could play scrabble and people with silver trays appeared with drinks. i suppose everyone deserves a little bit of decadence from time to time. blissful.

this is all in stark contrast to the week i've just had. absolute nightmare. work is wearing me thin. back to back events. not enough in terms of resources. not enough staff to cover them all. people letting me down left, right and centre. i'm trying to relax today and do as little as possible but i'm really not looking forward to monday. it's going to be one hell of a week. so much to get done. when friday rolls around i'm fairly sure i'll be hanging on by a thread.

all that and i've got two job interviews next week aswell. i just can't take it anymore.