Last Friday I did something different. Blog-Stedman and the boys had given me a spa gift certificate for Mother’s Day and I gleefully redeemed it.
I called the spa that morning to see if they had any availability that day since my mom was coming and could watch the boys. Thank God for grandma!
They had an afternoon appointment open in which I could receive a massage followed by a facial. The stars had aligned correctly and mommy was going to the spa…
It was fabulous in a way that I could feel myself feeling how fabulous it was the entire time.
I was relaxed.
I was pampered.
I was restfully ecstatic.
The whole afternoon went without incident. The whole afternoon went without incident. The whole afternoon went without incident! In fact, it was so incident-free that I was reflecting on how incident-free the whole experience had been while getting dressed after the appointment.
Why would I be surprised of the afternoon’s incident-freeness?
Things usually just happen to me. I am not complaining, but the truth is things seldom run incident-free.
So I was reveling in the incident-free nature of the afternoon when I reach for my shoes…
…which I soon realized had been LOCKED into the locker beneath mine.
It is a bit hard to see in these pictures, but the lockers have a cut-out where the top locker’s door covers some area of the locker below and the bottom locker’s door covers some of the upper locker. This place was very fancy.
So, I put on my provided spa flip-flops and went out to the front desk to report my shoe loss. They were very nice and assured me that it happens all the time…
Which I totally don’t believe because it took the locker manual, two locker unlockers (I am sure that is the scientific name for it), two spa employees and 25 minutes to retrieve my shoes.
I left the spa feeling all was right with the world because really, incident-free is so boring…
I might have relocated a spa wrap the last time I went for Mother’s Day…. allegedly…..
Nothing like an incident-free day at the spa, being all relaxed and all, to end with an incident.
Maybe someday I’ll post about the last time I had an almost-all-day-at-the spa and left very MUCH not relaxed!
It’s just a ploy to get you to come back!
aah you just gave the employees something fun to do.. the facial and massage sound wonderful!
Mental note: Mention “locker unlocker” as career option for my graduating students next year. Sounds lucrative.
And you’re so right – give me an incident-free day and I’ll give you a lame post about my favorite cute actor…
Too funny!
sometimes it just feels more reassuring with an incident! (i beg for this gift all of the time… *Sigh*)
Congratulations on the small incident…glad it wasn’t as Kalynne said (I was thinking that, too)…
I’ve gotten several certificates for massages and never get around to going…oops. BUT, I used to go to the chiropractor regularly…
Pax, E
I am so glad that Blog-Stedman and your boys know what an amazing person you are. You so deserve a spa day – like every week! – but even one is wonderful.
Hurray for Holly and her amazing boys!
keeping those spa folks on their toes, that’s all 😉
hehehehehehe incident free is a touch boring lol