Bliss in the Mountains

What a great weekend I had. After several weeks of hecticness and neverending homework, I was able to be pampered and relax. My mother came up to Albuquerque with several of her wild and crazy friends on Saturday. Steve and I met up with them and had dinner and Papa Deux. That is a wonderful restaruant! Steve said it was some of the best catfish he had ever had, I enjoyed the food. This was also our "monoversary" dinner. Saturday marked 9 wonderful months of marriage for Steve and me. Can you believe it has already been 9 months!!

Well, dinner was fun and interesting, but Sunday was even better. My mother and her friends pried me away from Steve and whisked me away to lovely Santa Fe. Actually, they really did not have to pry me away from him very much since I went very willingly. My mother gave me a VERY early birthday present. We spent the day at the Thousand Waves spa. It was so much fun.

We started our "day at the spa" in a hot tub room. We had an entire hot tub room to ourselves, and there was a sauna in the room too. Actually, the room actually wasn't a real room. There was no ceiling or walls. It was basically and area sectioned off in the forest with a hot tub and a sauna. It was quite nice, and my mother crazy friend were quite a riot. I think I know where I get my crazy side from.

After an hour in the hot tub "room," my mom and I separated from the rest of the group and went to the basement of the spa for our treatements. Here, we were given an herbal wrap treatment, a 50-minute massage, and a salt glow. My favorite part was the massage, but I really enjoyed the herbal wrap as well. I felt like I was marinating in tea.

This was definately a nice a relaxing day, and I enjoyed every moment of it. Spas are so much fun! My mother thinks that she is turning me into a spa junkie. I think she has a bit to go, but I will never say no to a day at the spa with her.

-Carmelita