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i'm back! from my hot springs weekend that is ^_^ tree and her friend angie picked me up around 9 on saturday morning, we hit a local farmers market for food, washed all the produce at tree's place and then hit the road. i did not drive, it was sooooooooooo nice! ^_^ even though i was crammed in the back seat with lots of our stuff ;p

we got there later than planned cause we are slow and there was traffic *wah~ wah~* ;p but we quickly checked in, unpacked, and got ready for our massages ^_^ tree paid for all of our massages as a birthday presents since we are all virgos ^^ i got a deep tissue which thankfully did not leave me feeling battered and bruised like the last time i got one. she did work out some *gigantic* knots though. (in my shoulders, who's shocked? ;p) then we all reconviend at our room and hung out. our "room" was actually a really cool thing called a dome tent. it's built on a platform and is like a tent but huge and nicer with an actual bed. me and tree shared the bed and angie slept on an air mattress. there was just enough room for us and our stuff and worked out well. also we got a discount since they had to drain all the main pools for maint at midnight last night (which was fine since we were done using them ;p)

sunday we woke up earlyish but certainly did not get moving earlish ;p we went to a free beginners yoga class at 10 which was awesome. i actually really like yoga but had to come to grips with some unfortunate things such as i am not nearly as flexible as i used to be and my left leg is in worse shape than i thought :( (left leg is the one injured when 12) also i'm just in crap shape in general as walking up the steep ass hill to where our tent was killed me every time. after yoga we hit the main side hot spring pools. btw all changing rooms/bathrooms are unisex and clothing is optional. wow the naked people ;p virtually no one wears a suit at the main pools. i was wearing mine at first but got annoyed that it would get cold and drip water every where when i changed pools etc, so i eventually took the top off and only wore the ickle bottoms ^^; i'm going native~ :p tree wore a suite though and angie was adorably naked ;p (she is twee and adorable) we eventually went back to the tent for lots of nummy foods. angie is a professional chef, and while we didn't cook we had amazing noms :d

then it was nap time cause we were too full of noms! and it was lovely and warm~ ^_^ after nap times we gathered our stuffs and this time drove over to the main side (yay no hill of doom) we did a hike that was just under 2 miles and then made a brief stop at some tents that sold stuff. all but one was closed but i bought two super cute dress / tunic things that i am most pleased about ^^ (look at me actually buy girly clothes ;p) then we hit the main hot springs again. i could not get in the hot pool though, it was 115 degrees and was WAY too hot for my tender self ;p we all rotated through various pools, the sauna, and the steam room. man was that steam room hot! i never went near the cold pool either, omg 60 degrees is TOO cold. we often stayed in the heart pool cause you can talk in that one but not in the other ones ^^; it was very enjoyable even though right at the end a kinda creepy guy started talking to tree and offered us free "birthday foot massages" :\ i don't think they really got the creepy vibe or were very good at ignoring it. but we were about to leave any way so at least there was that! everyone else there was super chill and awesome. there were (thankfully) no kids and everyone was super respectful and relaxed. this is why i could feel comfortable with the naked in general. i'm getting good at getting over my conservative background issues ;p
also about the springs, they use no clorine and the water has natural minerals and oxaginates the skin. it was soooo nice! i could get out and dry off with out having to moisturize every square inch of my body- that was *amazing*!

this morning was slowish and just packing up and saying good bye. we were on the road by 11ish as angie had a client meeting. i was home around two and took a nap ;p we froze our BUTTS off last night in the tent, no idea why it was so much colder than the night before, so i was le tired~ but now i'm home and relaxed, a bit sore, and sad that i have to go back to work tomorrow. but at least i go back having had a beautiful and relaxing weekend with good people ^_^ nighty night flist <3! (you deserve a cookie if you read all of that ;p)