the INCREDIBLE "Journey"

Those keeping up with the Blog may remember that during my visit here I was slotted in for some time at the Spa, and today, glorious of days, was the day. Ok, so I had to do a little unpleasant maintenance work whilst there, but, Ladies and Gentlement, today I experienced what can only be considered the paramount bodily indulgence, Christened by Giselle's City Spa with the monniker "The Water Journey".

The magnificence of The Journey, as I have come to call it, was so less than appropriately described in the brochure, and I have emerged feeling like I have new shiny soft glowing skin. Ahhhh..... It all started with a sea salt scrub and progressed through various soaks and Vichy showers (knowing my adoration of all things bubbly and shower-y one can estimate my happiness with this!) and finished with a session in the "Steam and Mist" room, where mini waterfalls flowed from the ceiling onto black slate tiles, Chinese zen was the mode de la chambre, and you escaped to that place in your head where nothing but clamness exists. It was like being bathed like a baby, and I absolutely did not care in the least I was in a room with someone else wearing nothing but a strategically placed steamed towel, and even then only intermittently. I have travelled The Journey, and I will return to do it again.

Other than that life here in The 'Peg is status quo. It is Canadian Wedding Eve and I am off to an engagement party of the happy couple who is not so happily trying to manage both sets of (pretty much completely intolerable and demanding, and I am being kind trust me) families. I gave the Bride-to-Be her gift today; I was happy to see that the meaning behind it was captured. I so wanted her to have a moment of appreciation just of her this weekend. Tomorrow is the big day and it will be flush with busy-ness even for me as I am doing the table displays; I hope I can manage a moment or two with her.

In one week exactly I will be enjoying yet another Wedding Eve this time on the other side of the world. Perhaps tonight next week will be the Port Wine Cellar tours...perhaps a club...an amazing dinner is of little question. Both interested parties are seemingly quite excited, although I speak certainly for myself and optimistically for the other only. *butterflies butterflies* I know, whatever that Journey may bring, that it will be very personally important.

The rest of the weekend will be more than challenging juggling demands of travel preparation and seeing those who I have yet to see and the parental units of course. In effect I have only Sunday left. It feels, however, like have been here for weeks.

S'pose that's enough for the Blog today, but once again decided to capitalize on having a real keyboard available. Must make checklist for wedding...camera...gift...IKEA candle holders...