Spa-dookis

Thursday found this fiddler and her sisters at the spa for an afternoon of being pampered and more importantly, sharing stories and activities together... We worked out in the gym for about an hour an a half, yeah, no kidding... I did the elliptical machine for the first time in my life (I had somehow forgotten to pack my sneakers and only had sandals, which worked out okay on this particular piece of equipment) and managed 40 minutes and about 2.4 miles I think... Not too shabby... We continued on through the gym, using the weighted machines and doing some stretches...
Next stop was the sauna... Pretty nice, we got seated and comfortable, no big deal... Then we heard this loud hissing noise, and the room starts filling up with fresh steam... more and more and more... Within a minute or so we couldn't even see each other much less the door... And still the steam poured in! It felt great, but there was an element of terror, none of us had experienced anything like that before! Once the steam stopped coming into the little room and we could indeed see across to one another we relaxed more and truly enjoyed it...
After a quick pre-pool shower, it was swim time... We swam a bit, talked a bit, bobbed around a bit... Then decided we'd use the hot tub... Nice move :) Back into the pool for some specialized synchronized swimming... Let me tell you... The "starfish" float doesn't really work... We (Deb, Kath and I) joined hands and agreed to do the face down float with legs splayed out behind us, which should have looked fabulous from above (had there been a camera crew) but what really happened is that we sunk... Oh well... We did do some star circles (all left hands into the middle and swim in formation, then reverse directions) which actually did work out...
We also tried some various swim strokes... None of us are really what you could call strong swimmers, but we do all have a lot of energy and potential... We tried this swim stroke that we've seen on television where you have overhand strokes, and you only breathe on alternating rotations of the head (for the most part your head is underwater, in an effort to gain tremendous speed)... Well, we didn't drown, but we (or I anyway) did sputter a bit as I tried to maintain a continuous supply of oxygen... Such fun!
After a nice shower we went up to the third floor where we had our pedicures scheduled... O.M.G... This was wonderful! My first pedicure, EVER, and I loved it... Massage, wax treatment, buffing of the soles, trimming of the nails, sea salt scrubs... and then a nice application of polish...
After our afternoon was finished at the spa, we went downstairs for dinner and more conversation... I have to say, this was a great SISTERS EVENT...
Spadookis comes from the Portland Collection, Volume Two.