My Plan to Recharge
on 7/24/08 1:14 am
Tail is draggin-so i've got the following itenerary-
Friday morning-head for Dallas. Stop at GW Animal Park and spend time with the animals. (soul, spirit and physical movement) Stop at Outlet and visit with Liz Claiborne a bit......(self esteem, pleasure, color and texture) Check in to Cooper Aerobics and Nap-then get up and swim or use facility. Then nap sleep.
Saturday 8 am Facial (physical and mental)
9 am Hot Stone massage (physical and mental)
Rest of the day-not leaving campus-i'm taking a few books and will read and nap between workouts-they have good food on the premises (healthy food) and I'll just have to play that by ear cause I might get a fill today, might not....If I do, I will pack protien shakes, etc to take with me-I'm too tight waddish to pay for a by the each price for one of those babies.
Sunday-get up, maybe workout before check out-drive down to Dallas Farmer's market-I love that place. Drive out to Kaufman to visit a snake friend -lots of big pythons to see and talk about and yes, one is coming home with me.
Some day I would (I think) like to go to Canyon Ranch for a week, but right now this is what I CAN do, and I'll let you know if I think it is worth it. I'm still intimidated by the thought of doing it, but I've paid and it's too late to cancel, so off I go.
OK, I don't know why I'm intimidated-I've been to Cooper before, I've been to hotels out the whazzooo, had massages-but the idea of checking IN to a place is just scaring the beejuzus out of me and I'm really shocked at how I feel. I'm not sharing to brag on my trip, I'm sharing to figure out what is so scary about going to a spa????
I really thought I had moved passed feeling inferior, etc. from all that hoity toity stuff a long time ago-I lived in Dallas for years, and if you don't move past it you don't leave the house. But I am really, honestly, omigod, intimidated. ME! Scared! Part of me wants to hug myself and part of me wants to laugh at me....give me a break.
on 7/24/08 3:22 am
Truthfully, in my family we have reverse prejudice going on....as do many people whose parent's grew up in the depression. I told my parent's I was visiting friends because it would disturb them less to think I was out drinking and whoring around than sitting in a spa reading....LOL. So, it's more what I bring in with me than what people there act like....
on 7/24/08 3:34 am
LOL-actually picking up the snake is what sparked the whole trip-so I decided it would be solo and animal intensive. But I am excited about the new little fellow-I've been waiting for 3 months or so till he got established before moving him-and I'm driving down to get him rather than have him shipped....so yeah, I'm excited.
I've worked with dwarves and half dwarves before, but this is my first burmese-I have a lot of notions about them and it will be good to put them to the test. He's a half dwarf, so he won't get big-as much as I enjoy the big guys, I don't want to have to depend on anyone to help me clean cages, etc, so I just go help other people when I need my big snake fix.
I think he'll end up being my "display snake" because, while little Glo Worm doesn't care a thing about the parrot, the parrot loves watching the snake and talks to him, etc....(snakes are deaf so Oliver's noise doesn't bother the him) and parrots are smart enough to care if someone moves what he considers to be HIS snake. The things I put up with for the common good.....The take away from this lesson "don't store anything in the parrot area that the parrot might like if you don't want to keep it there...."