It was a hands-on kind of day. First stop...the gynecologist. I saw a male doctor for the first time in about 14 years. He was the only one that could fit me in, and he was fine. I've been having the same abdominal pain that I had in 2007. He didn't find anything, so it's time for tests again. Oh well. On the one hand, I feel like I'm a hypochondriac. On the other, I'm being pro-active. I think that's the better of the two. I left there to have what I thought was going to be a massage at my salon for the literal 'pain in my butt' that I've been having. Wendy did an all over treatment that had something to do with fascia and connective tissue but no massage. Just tweaking something, with long periods of time in-between. Very strange. It was relaxing to lay on her table for an hour. It wasn't the massage that I'd wanted. She said I should be feeling very relaxed in a day or two. Hmmm. I'll let you know. That was part 2 of the hands-on. I met Bonnie and Karen and I think we were the first patrons at Cheesecake Factory. Here's picture #1. I think I look fat. And, that's an eggplant sandwich in front of me and I didn't eat the french fries. I'm saving my calories for the jelly beans in my locker. You know I'm a jelly bean addict, right?



We walked around the mall after lunch. Karen bought a new Vera Bradley tote for her camera. We went to the Aveda store so I could buy their Caribbean Therapy body creme. I love that stuff! I put it on my hands every night before I turn my light off. The sole clerk seemed thrilled to have our company. She served us herbal tea. We looked at the different products in the CT line, then used the body scrub on our hands. Afterwards, she massaged the body creme onto one of our hands. Not both. It felt half-wonderful! That was part 3. Karen and Bonnie bought the scrub and I got the creme. We walked through the mall with matching bags. We didn't mind.



We have our next outing planned. We're going to a wonderful nursery that has a huge gift and collectibles shop. Then we're having lunch at a great restaurant. (I like great and wonderful.) Our pattern seems to be shopping (though not for clothes...that's not for us!) and eating. Karen and Bonnie do a lot of walking so they burn off the calories. I'm going to need to get a move on, you know?


I talked to my father about the mice. He got them mail-ordered. One bag has 100 mice, the other, 50. That's a lot of shrimp mice. The snakes eat one mouse a week, each. I guess I'd be hungry for a mouse too if I only ate once a week.

Tonight's LOST and I can't wait. Hope everyone had a great Thursday!