Q: I want to get two massages, soak in two hot tubs, hang out in two steam rooms, take a long bath, get a facial, try two different showers (one of which has ten shower heads), and eat out for three meals over a three day period. Is that a good idea?
A: Yes.
I picked these up at the Japanese dollar store, and boyfriend thought they were Mexican, so instead of calling them "CHOC-o-CONES," he was calling them "CHO-co-CO-nes."
Just had a girls' night with my sister, and the place we went was pretty awesome. Really nice private hot tubs and steam rooms, perfect for talking without having to worry about offending or annoying people. I think we'll have to go back again soon. Then we had dinner and got massages.
After spending most of the holidays rather aimlessly (which is a good thing), other than Christmas dinner with family and watching The Hobbit, I've got lots of plans for the next few days: hot tub/steam room/massage and dinner with my sister tomorrow, a likely overnight spa trip with Boyfriend (with more steam room/massage/sauna time, and perhaps a facial), and a possible second movie outing to see Les Mis. I admit that it's a lot of self-indulgent loafing, but it has been a rough week in which I lost an old friend, and it's going to be crazy at work once the new year starts, so I'm going for maximum self indulgence while I can, and I'm going to enjoy every minute of it.
Five days left in the year, and I'm 2.25 books away from hitting 150. I think I'm gonna make it!
Boyfriend bought me a limited edition print of the Lorax, and admitted that he might be snagging one of the Sneetches, as well. My two favorite Dr. Seuss books (I even listed The Lorax on my application to Princeton eighteen years ago), and my most favorite boyfriend.
Christmas dinner with Boyfriend, my sister and her family, and my cousin and his family. Lots of wine, cheese, fondue, and hilarity, and nary a headache in the room.
First rainbow: Found out yesterday that my parents have changed their stance on gay rights in the most amazing way. Twenty years ago, my dad was a Republican, and completely opposed to the concept of homosexuality. These days, he's a Democrat who tries to convince his friends to accept their gay children, who are gay through biology, just as they are Asian or short or smart through biology. Wow.
Second rainbow: In the middle of a rainstorm today, there was a rainbow on my way to the dentist.
Chocolate peppermint soy milk, white chocolate peppermint pretzels, Christmas music on the radio, and final rounds of donations for the year (this week's picks were for organizations focused on clean water, hunger relief, girls' education, wildlife preservation, and electronic freedom).
I had been thinking of getting smartphone gloves for a while, especially since this year's winter is colder than usual and I'm becoming a bigger weather wimp the longer I live in California. Turns out that my product group got smartphone gloves made as group swag! I've gotten good swag before, but never the exact thing I've been thinking of getting, anyways.
You know what's kind of fun, is when you absentmindedly put your hair in a bun when it's still wet and then forget about it all day at work because you're, well, working, and all of a sudden, before you know it, it's bedtime, so you unravel it, and it turns out that it dried out over the course of the day, and even though you're wearing frumpy pajamas (and even though you wore your rather unremarkable, quasi-uniform of sweater, sneakers, and jeans all day), you have this little moment of secret glamour, as your drab little bun comes down in a wild tangle of curls.
Sometimes it's really hard to figure out what's the right thing to do in a complicated situation, and even when you've decided what the right thing is, it can be really hard to actually do it. Once it's done, however, it feels good to know that you did what you thought was right and that maybe it will make a bad situation better.
As much as I love wearing pajamas all day when I'm home, and jeans and sneakers when I'm at work, I do appreciate the occasional fancy event, complete with dress, heels, hair, and makeup. My product team had its holiday party last night, and half of us didn't recognize each other in our grownup clothes. Dressing up doesn't mean being stuffy, though. We still reveled in embarrassingly bad karaoke performances and silly photo booth pictures.
Never has making and eating a piece of wheat toast felt like such an impressive accomplishment.
I'm trying very hard to see the silver lining of this sudden stomach flu or food poisoning, and I've decided that there are two dubious benefits: first, I'm going to be so happy when I can eat something and not puke it back up. Second, at least my low net calorie intake for today will help balance the massive food fests that took place over the weekend.
Also, I'm very glad that I've made it to the toilet or a bowl every time so far.
I love all the extras you get when you order things from Sephora. This time was an especially good haul, because I had a card for $20 off, found a coupon code for a free eyeliner, cashed in some points for two other things, and got the usual free samples that are always included.
I rediscovered a pair of jeans I had forgotten I owned, buried in a pile of clothes that finally fit me again, now that I've lost all this weight. The jeans were exactly the kind of jeans I've been thinking of maybe considering getting. I should go through the rest of that pile, because it will be like a shopping trip where I don't have to leave the house, dig through styles I don't like, or pay for the clothes!
That was some excellent sushi we just had for dinner with my sister, my cousin, and his wife. Plus, we had ridiculous dinner conversation. And my sister bought Boyfriend a gold thong.
One great thing about the end of the year is that all of the newspapers and blogs start publishing lists of the best books of the year. I like combing through them to see what I missed, and adding the ones that sound good to my list of upcoming books to read. I think my queue is up to almost 50 now!
We can give peer bonuses to people at work, it works out to about enough money for a nice dinner. I sometimes forget that we can do that, but it's fun when I work with someone who is awesome and then remember that I can give them something more than just a thank you email.
I kind of forgot I had $10 of credit left in the Google Play Store, and the weather has been dreary lately, so I bought a fun, frivolous pop album to chase away the rainy day blues.
So, I know we're all supposed to hate ads and get creeped out when promotions are too personally targeted, but I have to say that Target always prints me coupons for the exact things I want to buy, and I appreciate that. Why pay full price for floss, Advil, and vitamin C when I can use coupons?
We went to see The Book of Mormon last night with my sister, brother-in-law, and a couple other folks, and it was fun and funny. First real musical I've seen Boyfriend actually enjoy.
Boyfriend and I spent the day at my parents' place, watching my mom cook some of my favorite dishes and getting precise measurements and instructions so that we can have definitive recipes. Then, a couple of coworkers, my brother-in-law, and my nieces cane over, and we ate. My niece gave me a sticker for my drawing skills, and we took home lots of leftovers.
