Day of Indulgence

Notes from the traveling desk of Grandma Gail Weaver

Now that Annie has nearly reached the ripe old age of five weeks, it is time to take a day to just relax and indulgence ourselves.

To start the day off, Mommie and Grandma followed along with a video of a Jazzercise routine. It was a specialty Post Pregnancy workout, and Gail pointed that she also was in the post pregnancy category - just plus 30 years! We mostly succeeded in copying the moves we were watching on the TV except the rather annoying habit of the leaders constantly smiling throughout the 50 minute workout.

Next, Mommie cleaned the wax out of her ears by candling them.


What will they think of next?




This involves lighting the far end of a specially-made hollow beeswax candle, and then inserting the unlighted end in your ear. This creates a vacuum and gently draws out excess earwax into the hollow tube of the candle. Grandma misunderstood the process and kept telling her it might not be wise to insert a lighted candle into her ear!

Then it was out into the world for the next event on the day of pampering schedule. Dad, Mom, and Grandma hired a driver and went to an upscale shopping mall.


We have a headless baby! Who left the baby's head at home....

The first stop was for a "fish spa" treatment. This consists of sitting on the edge of a pool and lowering your feet into the water where hundreds of strange minnow-like fish nibble on your feet and toes for 15 minutes.


Grandma wasn't so sure at first


Jo couldn't decide if it was painful, or uproariously funny


I think she settled on the latter



Those fish sure like Gail's feet


Too much fun, Jo and Gail


Dave tries to convince Annie this is fun


She was finally convinced


Dave's feet are no match for the fish

After this sometimes slightly painful, most ticklish experience. the attendants vigorously rub your feet with a rough file to remove the calluses, followed by applying cream and thoroughly massaging your feet, including cracking the joints of your toes. After all three of us had the treatment, we had feet almost as smooth as Annie's.


Blissed out

We finished out the day by eating a nice dinner at an Asian restaurant at the mall. Annie enjoyed the modern decor of the restaurant, posing for photographs while looking through the front window of the restaurant that was painted to look like television sets.





Due the remarkable three-person tag team led by David with Annie in the chest carrier, Jo acting as purveyor of food for the baby, and Grandma providing back-up holding duties, all four of us had a very fun and rejuvenating day.


Annie asleep on bench


Annie in mirror