Trade offs ... life is full of them!

It is Friday night. The girls in the apartment are talking making plans to go out tonight. Naturally! ;)) It is still early, around 5:30pm, and I really wanted to go get a full body massage. I was thinking, if I were to go out, I would probably spent the equivalent (40 euros or more to have fun with the girls)... Since I was a workout maniac this week, it was only natural to schedule a full body massage at the end of the week! :)) running every day, swimming tue and fri, and hiking on wed - mia was training full blast. and so she should. the Everest marathon is in 6 weeks.

so.... i opted to go get a massage and call it a night.

Ah, the power of a full body massage :))))))))))))

It's been a while since I've experience a massage at a real sports-medical place. Nothing like it! No fluffy pillows and scented candles and mood colors or grapes and cheese and girly magazines in the changing room... no, this wasn't a spa place ;)) this was the real thing. the minute i walked in they asked "what sport?" and told me to take my clothes off. si senorita, pronto, i responded (with a smile).

Letting her know that I was a runner, Ilda knew exactly what muscles to torture!!! And so she did! Hello IT band... hello my stinky feet! and, hello buttocks :)))
It was so painful yet so satisfying! 40min. on my legs and 40min on my back and then you get 15min of electricity shocking your lower back and shoulders.

HEAVEN!!!

And, I was happy.


...... I received an email from Sebastien later that evening saying that he was having fun with his friends in the countryside (outside of Paris) and that he won 40 euros playing poker! ha, I said: Harmony! I just spent 40 euros on a full body massage! We would have made a great couple ;))) He laughed. :))))

p.s. ...Say 'hello' to Malo and Julien for me, coucou!