Honey and I are back from a weekend in Las Vegas. I love going to LV and was especially looking forward to this trip because we were going to stay at Mandalay Bay, my favorite hotel/casino. It smells like tropical. I'm sure they pump something toxic in to make it smell that way. But I like it.
We have added a newish element to out LV experience. Last summer we gave over to what Treecup had been advocating for years, the spa day. I didn't get it in theory. I totally get it in practice.
Mandalay has a wonderful spa, with four bubbling pools (two hot, one warm, one cold plunge), a steam room, a dry sauna, and a quiet lounge.
My "therapist" looked like a kindergarten teacher. Big glasses and a sensible hairdo. Her massage technique was intense.
She was vigorous. Honey thinks I'm a total wimp. She had a deep tissue massage and I had a Swedish. Still, Jackie, the kindergarten teacher worked me over. I keep asking my honey if my shoulders look bruised. I may seem to be complaining. I'm not. The whole thing was fab.
We also floated along the "lazy river" in the Mandalay pool area. Lap after lap. I want one in my back yard. We didn't "tube" the lazy river because Mandalay was charging $20 to RENT tubes.
Let's do the numbers:
Number of baseball games won by the team I bet on while I was at the spa: 2
Number of baseball games lost by the team I bet on while I was at the spa: 1
Total money won while at the spa: $10
Total money spent at the spa: $130
Number of showers I took at the spa: 3
Number of times I conditioned my hair: 2
Number of times I visited the warm pool: 3
Number of times I visited the hot pools: 4
Number of times I visited the cold plunge: 0
Number of teeny cans of juice I consumed: 2
Number of cups of nuts I consumed: 2 (1 shared with Honey)
Number of the nut cups that had belonged to someone else before Honey started eating them: 1
Number of times we made complete circumnavigations of the lazy river (approx): 12
Number of sections of the Sunday NY Times I read: 2 (book review and magazine)
Number of minutes spent in the steam room: 3 (be me) 10-15 (by Honey)
Number of cool/ice rags nice women handed us in there: 1 each
Number of minutes the ice rag added to my ability to remain in there: at least 2
Number of shoulder muscles (could be tendons) that feel bruised: 2
Number of actual bruises on my shoulders: 0
Total: 53-58 + net output of $120
Analyze it yourself. I know where I stand. Pro spa. Very pro spa.
3 comments:
Treecup was right all along. Spa days rule!
Your shoulders don't appear bruised, but that doesn't mean your pain is any less real. And you're very, very brave for coping with it the way you do.
Oh, so now we're the bad guys, since we stopped spa day from happening last time? ; )
ohhhhhhhhhh. I am sooooooo jealous. Soooooooooooooooo.
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