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I'm actually feeling quite sullen and well, just melancholy at the moment... Perhaps it's a combination of finally finishing Gregory Maguires Wicked, and the fact that I had dropped off Zack at the airport just a few hours ago... :-(
Wicked was a tremendous book.... It definitely sheds light on Elphaba's (Wicked Witch of the West) gloomy disposition, but with a childhood like hers, anyone would grow up to be as cynical and grumpy.... Yes, she does indeed die (we all know that) but at the same time, her death seemed tragic, especially after a riveting 300+ pages detailing her childhood and post collegiate years... Funny enough, she isn't even a witch... it's just a title that was given to her, and she stuck with it for lack of desire to make any notable change.... bah... I'm just all sad now, it's that feeling of departure when finishing a good book... Now I need to find a new good book, or just email Taylor and ask for more recommendations (he works at Borders, he knows all the good books, and hasn't let me down yet...)
Zack is in Miami for two weeks working, well he's not there yet... According to my clock, he's probably due to land in Cincinatti for his layover within the hour... We spent quality time together like usual, but this morning we woke up late and ran out the door... It just makes me smile inside when I think of how I woke up, realized the time, woke him up, and before he jumped out of bed in a panic, he rolled over, held me and smothered me with kisses in my semi-awake state... <3
So I don't think I've commented on the special surprise that Zack had planned for me.... He wakes me Saturday morning at 9 a.m., instructs me to get dressed because we have to go!! Where, I don't know, but I threw on some grubby clothes and he whisks me off into the rain and drops me off at the... dun dun dun.... Spa... yeah, it was really cool... I mean, really... I felt like royalty.. It was creepy in a way, since ALL the attendants knew my name (and the spa was pretty crowded, apparently Saturday mornings are quite popular and book fast...)... But after my hour-long swedish massage, the attendant had found me as I was finishing up my shower and informed me that Zack was in the lobby, waiting to take me to lunch... :-) After lunch, we meandered around the galleria for a while, and then he left me at Burke Williams for my facial.... It was just so luxurious, and I don't doubt both treatments cost less than $300.... All in all, it was a wonderful day of pampering, yet it would've been better if he had been pampered with me! But he noted that it would've taken him a week's worth of work in order to afford for both of us to be pampered together... :-) It made for a nice "monkiaversary"... <3
The spa had big carafes full of water with sliced cucumbers and lemons floating around.... trays sitting out with sliced fresh fruit... a hot tub (in which many women were using, in the nude!), a sauna, showers (with EVERYTHING)... dude, the showers didn't even have temperature controls.. Just a knob to turn on the water and it was a PERFECT temperature... Fresh, warm towels everywhere... Disposable razors, hair ties, shaving cream, body wash/loofah's, shampoo/conditioner, eye makeup remover, facial cleanser/moisturizer/astringent/etc, they even had a vanity area with hair products, spray anti-perspirant, hair dryers, curling irons, combs & brushes, the whole nine yards.... It really was true luxury and I revelled in every moment of it! :-)
The following weekend wasn't so wonderful... I had caught yet ANOTHER cold, was bedridden for days since I was too weak to do anything, and then Zack and I proceed to get in a huge fight.... When we fight, it becomes a massive ordeal because I'm bullheaded & so is he, so sometimes it is difficult to resolve conflicts since we're both so steadfast in our opinions.... We managed to work things out and are a happy couple again.... I love him so much, and if things were to end it would be indeed tragic for me, but life goes on... I just wouldn't stand for losing him over a petty fight (most fights seem so petty in retrospect), but whatever.. things are fine and i'm happy.... Except I'm not happy that he's out of town for two weeks again.... :-/ I do want to mention that I have the most amazing friends... Now I don't have an abundance of friends, but the few that I have are truly gems... In my moment of uber neediness and weepiness, they stood by my side, called me periodically to check on me if they weren't around (like Jen, who kept tabs on me despite her weekend escapade in Vegas...), and those who invited me to hang out, even stay at their house... I love them so much, and am so grateful to have them in my life.. cheers to amazing friends....
Anyhow, Zack returns on the 18th, just two days before I go to Orlando for a week... There's drama with my Orlando trip already... Selena booked my trip (with my credit card... love my friends) and planned it so I'd be flying home from Pensacola on Friday morning (the 25th) since I have concert tickets for a show that night here in LA and absolutely will NOT miss the show! After she books the ticket and assures me that her friends will either drive back to P-cola from Orlando with us, or find a ride home if they choose to stay in Orlando, she texts the other evening saying that her friends can't find a ride, and absolutely refuse to go back to Pensacola on Thursday... :-/ grrrrr... That was one expensive plane ticket for Spring Break, and I'm not about to pay a penalty to move the flight or MISS IT since it's nonrefundable and resolution can't be reached... ugh.. I'm deeply vexed by this, but we have two weeks to figure it out I suppose... :-(
More travel plans for me though.... My grandmother invited me to accompany her on a 3-day Ensenada cruise from April 1-4... It'll only cost me $100 to cover taxes and fees to transport me from LAX to San Pedro to the boat... We'll be sharing an outside stateroom (yay, that means window!) for the 3 day excursion... We leave San Pedro sometime Friday afternoon, arrive in Ensenada Saturday morning, spend the day there, spend all day Sunday cruising back to LA/San Pedro and then arrive the morning I start school... What a great way to finish my 11 week hiatus from school... :-)
Fortunately I have nothing planned for April, but in May I am travelling to Montana with Zack & my father to attend my cousin's wedding... He's only 3 months younger than me (and the least likely of us younguns to get hitched, not to mention that he's the first to get hitched!), but it should be fun since my family are massive drinkers... :-) The main reason I am so attracted to the occasion...
Then in August I'm going back to the GORGE to party for 3 days and rejoice over DAVE (matthews band).... I can't wait... Amanda and I are working out the plans to reunite this year (we haven't seen each other since the Gorge in '02) and finish up where we left off.... Then in September she is getting MARRIED.... her too man... Bless her heart, I love her to death and though we aren't the best at keeping in touch, I will definitely be attending her wedding... any man that marries her has got to be bad ass because she is just one amazing girl.... <3 <3
It's now noon, and I think I'm going to go to the gym and try to tone up so I will look halfway decent in a bikini while in Daytona... :-) Laura also promised to come over today and help me clean, so I'm anticipating her phone call sometime throughout the day... unless she stayed up all night last night and is now comatose... we'll see....
blah to beautiful days with less than sunny intentions... :-/
Wicked was a tremendous book.... It definitely sheds light on Elphaba's (Wicked Witch of the West) gloomy disposition, but with a childhood like hers, anyone would grow up to be as cynical and grumpy.... Yes, she does indeed die (we all know that) but at the same time, her death seemed tragic, especially after a riveting 300+ pages detailing her childhood and post collegiate years... Funny enough, she isn't even a witch... it's just a title that was given to her, and she stuck with it for lack of desire to make any notable change.... bah... I'm just all sad now, it's that feeling of departure when finishing a good book... Now I need to find a new good book, or just email Taylor and ask for more recommendations (he works at Borders, he knows all the good books, and hasn't let me down yet...)
Zack is in Miami for two weeks working, well he's not there yet... According to my clock, he's probably due to land in Cincinatti for his layover within the hour... We spent quality time together like usual, but this morning we woke up late and ran out the door... It just makes me smile inside when I think of how I woke up, realized the time, woke him up, and before he jumped out of bed in a panic, he rolled over, held me and smothered me with kisses in my semi-awake state... <3
So I don't think I've commented on the special surprise that Zack had planned for me.... He wakes me Saturday morning at 9 a.m., instructs me to get dressed because we have to go!! Where, I don't know, but I threw on some grubby clothes and he whisks me off into the rain and drops me off at the... dun dun dun.... Spa... yeah, it was really cool... I mean, really... I felt like royalty.. It was creepy in a way, since ALL the attendants knew my name (and the spa was pretty crowded, apparently Saturday mornings are quite popular and book fast...)... But after my hour-long swedish massage, the attendant had found me as I was finishing up my shower and informed me that Zack was in the lobby, waiting to take me to lunch... :-) After lunch, we meandered around the galleria for a while, and then he left me at Burke Williams for my facial.... It was just so luxurious, and I don't doubt both treatments cost less than $300.... All in all, it was a wonderful day of pampering, yet it would've been better if he had been pampered with me! But he noted that it would've taken him a week's worth of work in order to afford for both of us to be pampered together... :-) It made for a nice "monkiaversary"... <3
The spa had big carafes full of water with sliced cucumbers and lemons floating around.... trays sitting out with sliced fresh fruit... a hot tub (in which many women were using, in the nude!), a sauna, showers (with EVERYTHING)... dude, the showers didn't even have temperature controls.. Just a knob to turn on the water and it was a PERFECT temperature... Fresh, warm towels everywhere... Disposable razors, hair ties, shaving cream, body wash/loofah's, shampoo/conditioner, eye makeup remover, facial cleanser/moisturizer/astringent/etc, they even had a vanity area with hair products, spray anti-perspirant, hair dryers, curling irons, combs & brushes, the whole nine yards.... It really was true luxury and I revelled in every moment of it! :-)
The following weekend wasn't so wonderful... I had caught yet ANOTHER cold, was bedridden for days since I was too weak to do anything, and then Zack and I proceed to get in a huge fight.... When we fight, it becomes a massive ordeal because I'm bullheaded & so is he, so sometimes it is difficult to resolve conflicts since we're both so steadfast in our opinions.... We managed to work things out and are a happy couple again.... I love him so much, and if things were to end it would be indeed tragic for me, but life goes on... I just wouldn't stand for losing him over a petty fight (most fights seem so petty in retrospect), but whatever.. things are fine and i'm happy.... Except I'm not happy that he's out of town for two weeks again.... :-/ I do want to mention that I have the most amazing friends... Now I don't have an abundance of friends, but the few that I have are truly gems... In my moment of uber neediness and weepiness, they stood by my side, called me periodically to check on me if they weren't around (like Jen, who kept tabs on me despite her weekend escapade in Vegas...), and those who invited me to hang out, even stay at their house... I love them so much, and am so grateful to have them in my life.. cheers to amazing friends....
Anyhow, Zack returns on the 18th, just two days before I go to Orlando for a week... There's drama with my Orlando trip already... Selena booked my trip (with my credit card... love my friends) and planned it so I'd be flying home from Pensacola on Friday morning (the 25th) since I have concert tickets for a show that night here in LA and absolutely will NOT miss the show! After she books the ticket and assures me that her friends will either drive back to P-cola from Orlando with us, or find a ride home if they choose to stay in Orlando, she texts the other evening saying that her friends can't find a ride, and absolutely refuse to go back to Pensacola on Thursday... :-/ grrrrr... That was one expensive plane ticket for Spring Break, and I'm not about to pay a penalty to move the flight or MISS IT since it's nonrefundable and resolution can't be reached... ugh.. I'm deeply vexed by this, but we have two weeks to figure it out I suppose... :-(
More travel plans for me though.... My grandmother invited me to accompany her on a 3-day Ensenada cruise from April 1-4... It'll only cost me $100 to cover taxes and fees to transport me from LAX to San Pedro to the boat... We'll be sharing an outside stateroom (yay, that means window!) for the 3 day excursion... We leave San Pedro sometime Friday afternoon, arrive in Ensenada Saturday morning, spend the day there, spend all day Sunday cruising back to LA/San Pedro and then arrive the morning I start school... What a great way to finish my 11 week hiatus from school... :-)
Fortunately I have nothing planned for April, but in May I am travelling to Montana with Zack & my father to attend my cousin's wedding... He's only 3 months younger than me (and the least likely of us younguns to get hitched, not to mention that he's the first to get hitched!), but it should be fun since my family are massive drinkers... :-) The main reason I am so attracted to the occasion...
Then in August I'm going back to the GORGE to party for 3 days and rejoice over DAVE (matthews band).... I can't wait... Amanda and I are working out the plans to reunite this year (we haven't seen each other since the Gorge in '02) and finish up where we left off.... Then in September she is getting MARRIED.... her too man... Bless her heart, I love her to death and though we aren't the best at keeping in touch, I will definitely be attending her wedding... any man that marries her has got to be bad ass because she is just one amazing girl.... <3 <3
It's now noon, and I think I'm going to go to the gym and try to tone up so I will look halfway decent in a bikini while in Daytona... :-) Laura also promised to come over today and help me clean, so I'm anticipating her phone call sometime throughout the day... unless she stayed up all night last night and is now comatose... we'll see....
blah to beautiful days with less than sunny intentions... :-/