Lost In Splendor

May I begin this entry by telling you all that my right arm pit is itching like crazy and I’m starting to have flashbacks to the LUSH deodorant incident? Well it does. No rash to speak of though so that’s a plus.

My lower legs have been impossibly itchy also. Usually after having my tights on for about 8 hours. Sometimes I make KC itch them for me. Is it to early in our relationship for that*?

None of this is the point. I wanted to tell you about the trip Kalani and I recently took to Philadelphia. We had been trying to get away for months now, but each time something would come up and we would have to cancel. Now this time due to me still being part time for horrible hours KC treated us and while the money would have been much better used to fix up our cars or something else very responsible I’m really grateful for all these new memories.

We left on Friday and stayed in the Hotel Palomar. I think perhaps because KC booked over a month in advance and it was Valentine’s Day weekend so the lower rooms were getting overbooked they totally upgraded our room! We ended up getting a Spa King Room. It had a nice king size bed, couch, desk and then a bathroom with a walk-in shower and a “fuji soak bath”. Totally amazing!

Also amazing was the food. We ate at Roy’s, Lolita and Delilah’s.

I ate way too much on this trip and came home with two pints of delicious gelato from Capogiro that I have been avoiding.

On semi-related but pretty much unrelated note when KC and I move in July (or possibly before) I wanted to get a treadmill since our apartment will be a basement level and I’m way too anxious to run outside. I thought $300 might get me a decent one. Oh my god. Do you all have ANY idea how much treadmills cost?? (Jill I know you do!) The nice models run about $1,500 – $2,000. Wow! Yeah…I don’t think I’m going to be able to afford that one. (If you guys have treadmill tips please let me know. I would be willing to spend $500, but not more than that. Perhaps if I got one and used it for a few years regularly I would upgrade, but certainly not to start.

Also unrelated: One of my male roommates constantly plays a game called Call Of Duty while listening to sexy R&B. Pretty much the same music that KC and I get spicy to. Is this normal? Can’t that mess with your subconscious to listen to highly sexual music while playing a game where you kill people for hours on end? Seriously. Wouldn’t your mind flash to that during sex or something? He seriously plays the game for hours every single day and our other male roommate has gotten into it to.

Back to Philly: So it was lovely and I was just really thrilled to have some time away to reconnect with each other. We took many spa baths and it was just so nice. It really got me ready for the busy months ahead while I get settled into my new job.

*Then again I just realized that the deodorant episode happened May of 2008 and I said, “I am so glad KC and I have been together for such a long time that she wouldn’t be grossed out by this.” Was I insane?? We had been dating for less than a year at that point. I think I get comfortable way too quickly.