Yes I debated deleting my blog, I struggle with it often, laying out my life in snippits for friends, family and some strangers. But then again, if someone gets a chuckle, or a smile or anything from reading it then really that is all that matters.
It has taken me 7 years to finally go and buy my own massage table. I never owned one while I was in school I was too busy worrying about paying my bills and juggling a part- time job, rent, and making sure I passed my exams without having a meltdown each time to think about purchasing a table. Which in hindsight was a good thing. Given how many times I have moved in the past 7 years, likely that table would have been long gone. It arrived yesterday while I was out with friends and I got home half expecting Paul to have it set up in the living room for me with him on it ready for his massage. Instead he waiting until I walked in the door which it was sitting next to. Then as I was taking my shoes off he was cutting into the box, and pulling it out as I was hanging my coat. Moving the couch over to make room. I got it all set up and he was laying on it to test out the comfort level of it.
Paul while face down on the table fully clothed: "So..if someone were to get a massage what would it be like on the table here?"
Me: Well pretty much like you are now except the therapist would be draping you in a professional manner and working your muscle groups.
Paul:"Really? How so? Feel free to demonstrate."
I was getting the hint, but as you can see I was not falling for it. I told him he had to book an appointment just like everyone else, that it was my day off. LOL! I have to give him a hard time. That is my duty as a wife.
During my hiatus of soul searching I was in Borders the other day. Sometimes I just like to walk around book stores sit in a sunny window and glance through books on random subjects. One book caught my eye, out of all them on the shelves. There was nothing really special about it except the title really resonated with me. It's called "I'm Spiritual Dammit!" It is written by a woman who use to anchor the news in Chicago and I started to glance through when I turned to a quote and it was a friend of hers talking to her about how she has random strangers walk up to her and tell her strange occurrences that happen to them in regards to their spirituality and encounters with various life matters. It said "The weirdest shit happens to you!" and that was when I was pulled in. This book could have been written by me. Those who have been around me enough know that weird stuff happens to me all the time. As my friend G. and I joke all the time we are fly paper for freaks. People will come up to me and tell me anything or ask me random things. Never fails. I could be in a crowded store say Target, (true story) wearing my winter coat which at the time was black, and Target employees where red polo shirts so you can always find them. I am looking at greeting cards and there was at least two target employees standing nearby. A man walks up to me and asked me where he might find hooks or something like that in the store like I worked there. I have tons of stories like these. It has become a joke really. Anyway it was a very entertaining well, written book and I read the whole thing in one night which is unheard of for me. So since then I have been just keeping myself open for these weird, quirky things to happen cause usually there is a lesson in there somewhere.
Also I have been trying one of her experiments and it totally works! She said she has always been a skeptic but someone told her to try this and it worked for her and so I thought I would test it out. She suggested that before you go out, thank the Universe for in this case a great parking spot. She started off small to see if it worked. So I tried this everyday this week, whether I was going to work or where ever. Every single time I got the primo parking spot! No joke! Once I was doing it and there wasn't one and I was like "aright no big deal" then all of the sudden a guy starts pulling out of the perfect spot and bam I got it! Try it, it works.
It has been interesting I must say. Yesterday I had a much needed girls day. I can't remember the last time I had a girls day. Myself and two friends from work Heather and Angel went and had facials. I had never had a facial before and I was a bit nervous. I arrived early to make sure I found the place. Heather and Angel hadn't got there yet. I filled out my paper work and the esthetian asked me a bunch of questions. I have always been bad about using moisturizers. I never found one that didn't make my face feel like it was burning. So I would avoid them, or my face would feel greasy. So she gave me a look like your dental hygienist gives you when they know you don't floss as much as you should. Heather and Angel arrive we get in our robes and we had the whole spa to ourselves pretty much. They put us in these cool reclining chairs and my girl suggest I upgrade to this Rose Package for my dry skin. I thought what the hell. Maybe it was all the blood rushing to my head since my feet where well above my heart at this point. Price didn't matter all of the sudden. LOL! She got to work and the smell of the rose treatment was awesome and reminded me so much of my Mum. I was having like this whole meditation experience. Heather went to school with my esthetician and she said she had a very in tune touch. Her name was Justine. She was definitely in tune. She did an awesome job. I went into this deep meditation and swear I could feel my Mum standing next to my chair watching this all go down. Justine massaged my whole upper body as well as my face and scalp. Had I known how awesome facials where I would have been doing them long before yesterday! After she was done I felt so rejuvenated and my skin looked soooo much better!!!! The funny thing was my Mum would always be after me about using cleansers to wash my face. I would only use mild soap and water and she would constantly be after me to use a good cleanser just to brighten up my face. I could hear her in my ear the whole time. "See! That looks so much better!!!!" All three of us looked like we had just came back from the best vacation ever! I honestly felt like I was on a week long vacation and it was only and hour! From there we did a late lunch and Heather suggested getting Pedicures. I was hesitant. I have had some not to great experiences with pedicures, and a couple of years ago stubbed my toe, to the point the nail fell off and it has been knarley ever since. But with their encouragement; I though you know what I deserve to splurge. So the three of us went to a nail place, chose our colours. We all funny enough ended up picking different shades of blue. I have no idea, but for some reason blue just felt like the colour that needed to be on my feet. So I chose this Royal Blue shade. Angel picked like a teal and Heather was torn between the blue and a purple. So we are all gabbing in our chairs and the ladies are working away on our feet and I get really ticklish so I am trying really hard not to yank my foot out her hands as she is using the cheese grater on them. Angel was across from me and the lady was painting her toes hot pink. I knew something didn't look right, and she whispers to me " She is using the wrong colour!" But at this point she had done a whole foot and was on to the next, and the blue polish she chose was on the shelf next to Angel and she kept saying to Angel in broken English "Oh, such a pretty colour. You pick such a pretty colour!" Angel and I were cracking up. Yes the ugly laugh came out. This lady was just so into the colour she was putting on Angel she didn't want to hurt her feelings by telling her she used the wrong one. So Heather looks over not sure what we were laughing about says "Hey! What happened to the blue polish?! You changed your mind?!" The lady looked up at Angel and realized what had happened. Angel is too sweet, she told the lady not to worry about it, that she didn't want to hurt her feelings cause she was really liking the hot pink. The lady started laughing with us and then applied the blue. You could tell she was not feeling the blue as much. She was just really quiet about it. It was such a great day. Honestly it was exactly what I needed. I haven't laughed like that in a long, long time. So today I feel like I look 4 years younger than yesterday and my toes feel bright and cheerie, and my soul is feeling well fed.
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