I planned to do this whole post on how I was looking forward to move into my thirties. The 20′s were such a time of confusion – college, dating, marriage, babies, homes….BAH! In my thirties I plan to relish in the fact that I am so settled. Church & family are all that matter to me these days. Gone are the days of sweating fashion, who’s dating who and where am I going to find the money to have lunch at Taco Bell! 
My “birthday” was also a combination of Christmas, my birthday, EPs birthday, and a redo of our honeymoon (hum, that would be a fun post)….we just did it on my birthday.
The day started off by first getting rid of the babies. Of course, Starlet woke up covered in snot and with a bad cough. Ugh. And on top of that Mimi, who was watching them, isn’t feeling good either. BOO! If it weren’t for 24 hour cancellation policy at the spa, I may have called it off right there. But, we pushed through. Not only was everyone feeling puny, this was also the first time fr me to leave Starlet overnight. UGH! So. Nervous.
I drop the babies off and head back home to dress and pack. I wanted something really light for lunch since we were heading to the spa for day so we went to Mimi’s Cafe for soup and salad. My sister and Adam dropped by while running errands to say happy birthday and give me a little something special.
We got to Hotel Zaza around 1 pm and got checked in. I changed into some stretchy cloths and went straight to the spa. I relaxed in the relaxation room listening to Maxwell (which was funny because I purchased that very CD years ago and forgot how good it was) sipping grapefruit water and filling out forms….trying to forget my world at home.
I started my experience at ZaSpa by getting an hour long facial. I swear to you my face hasn’t felt this clean in years. Probably my best facial ever. I was nice and relaxed (listening to Norah – which reminded me of EP & I meeting) when suddenly the woman started “extractions.” Um, hello, I’d like to relax…i was in major pain! After completing my facial, I met EP back in the relaxation room. We then had a fabulous couples massage. It was weird, I was toally unaware that he was even in the room. I’m not really a massage lover. I’m far too ticklish. I actually had to bite my lip a few times during the massage…I just can’t help it. The massage was followed by a couples muscle relaxant bath. Okay, don’t get all weird and everything….it was nice. It was basically just like a hot tub with faucets. We decided to each steam and meet back in the room. Not going to lie – I couldn’t hang. I couldn’t breathe, I was hot….I wanted out of there! Besides, another woman came in and I just felt weird!
I had thought, originally, that we’d nap after the spa, but I had been so relaxed for the past 4 hours, I actually was energized. We rushed out and saw Up in the Air. Hey, I’m a producers wife. Movies are what we do. I actually had FOUR movies that I was dying to see. I told EP that I wouldn’t mind making it a double feature by seeing a second movie after dinner, but we both agreed we better take advantage of the room! Up in the Air was a good movie. Wasn’t you-have-to-go-see wasn’t bad…just good.
Since we had run out so soon after the spa (as to catch a 5:30 movie), we didn’t dress up. My fabulous Facebook friends had armed me with a LIST of possible restaurants to dine at. We just decided the day before to just decide based on our mood…well, we went with one of the more casual options, La Duni. La Duni is a latin restaurant. It had such a neat atmosphere!! We really liked it. The food was good…the dessert ROCKED.MY.WORLD!!! Chocolate Cake Pudding or something….OH MY WORD!!
Since my pants were fitting nice and tight after twizzlers, dinner, chips and dessert, we headed back to the hotel. We loved out room. Zaza has such a neat attention to detail. Everything is so well thought out. Had I had my brian, I would have taken my camera along for the journey. We rented the movie Couple Retreat. Which really should not be PG-13….really. But, what was neat was that it was all about reconnecting with your spouse. (although, completely unholy!)
In the morning I woke up at exactly 7:45 which is the latest I’m usually able to sleep to. I had to concentrate hard to get back to sleep. By 8:45, both EP and I were awake and HUNGRY!! We went down to Dragonfly and had a wonderful breakfast. I had goat cheese, sun-dried tomato and onion omelette….HEAVEN! EP had the recommended Migas and a waffle. Both were excellent.
Overall – a great birthday.
Just an afterthought, I have to admit, I was a fish out of water. I’m so accustomed to my life at home with my kids, wearing my mom clothes, eating at local restaurants, etc…that I almost had a hard time out. The whole time we were in uptown I was reminded of how settled I am. Its a double edged sword…on one hand it made me feel like I needed to get out more. On the other hand, it made me so thankful that I don’t have to get out more, that I’m happy right where I am. (Not saying that those people aren’t happy, just saying that it isn’t a necessary scene for me any longer.) I kept thinking, are we maximizing our time out here? People would tell us where the “it” places are and where to go to be seen, but you know, we just aren’t there any more. Neither of us. Hence, going back to the room and getting a movie. That’s just us…and that’s perfectly ok.
