Me Day at Burke Williams

Michael and I finally decided to use our Burke Williams gift certificates that his cousin Amelia gave to us as a one year anniversary gift. Yes, I know, we waited A LONG TIME to use the gift certificates but I must say we picked the PERFECT time to finally cash in on that one hour massage + leisure time at the spa! I haven't had any "me" time since Zoe was born so I was really looking forward to this little piece of heaven. We dropped Zoe off at the "Sunbeam Hotel" and we were off to BW in Pasadena. I told Mike I wanted to take advantage of ALL the spa amenities in addition to our massage. We agreed to go our separate ways and meet up again in about 2 hours. My massage was great ... it's been a long time since I've been able to just lay down and not have to worry about baby. After the massage, I decided to go into the jaccuzzi. I didn't even have a bathing suit (thank goodness it was a "European-style" jaccuzzi -- meaning you can go naked) and I don't really like jaccuzzis in general, but I figured, hey -- why not? I then went into the sauna for a little bit ... which was followed by a nice long hot shower. yes it was my second shower of the day (I even shaved again just so I could use ALL of their amenities), but it was my FIRST long, luxurious shower since Zoe was born. My showers lately have been 5-7 minutes (I even changed to a 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner just to save more time) and are always hurried ... I usually sneak in my showers while Zoe is napping or drinking her bottle so being able to just lounge in the shower was really such a treat!!! After I got dressed (again, I took my sweet old time), I decided to hang out in the "quiet" lounge where I put cucumbers over my eyes while I sat in the most comfy recliner and listened to the waves of the ocean. I left BW feeling sooooo refreshed!! I felt like I took a time-out from my new normal life and got to freeze time for a couple of hours just to pamper me! What a great blessing!!! As soon as I stepped out of the spa, I immediately missed Zoe of course but I was so happy to be able to indulge in some me time!!! Hooray for a great gift from Amelia =). I immediately emailed her thanks for her gift and that although it took us forever to use it, it was actually the perfect time to utilize her most awesome gift!!! As a side note, Mike and I decided to finally put Prado on the market. We've battled for years now on whether to keep it or sell it and with the way the housing market is going, we thought we'd just bite the bullet and sell it now and cut our losses. We'd still be losing money, but not as much as we could potentially lose should we decide to wait longer. It's sad to say goodbye to our first place as well as to tell Jay he has to find a new home, but we've been praying about this decision for quite some time now and all signs are pointing to selling Prado rather than keeping it. Now that it's on the market, we'll see how quickly we can sell it and for how much. It's in God's hands now =) ...