Feb 02 2003
Wrap’n’Peel
Spent the day yesterday with my Mom and my sister Beth. Beth is heading home on Tuesday and is going straight to SFO from Mom’s, so it was the last time I’d see her on this visit. Of course I got all teary when I left last night, even though Beth and her daughter will be here in April. Saying good-bye is one of the many things I’m not good at.
I thought it would be fun for us all to go and get pampered together. Beth located a place in Petaluma with a masseuse who has done oncology massages for almost ten years, so she would understand Mom’s condition and the fragility of her bones. Beth and Mom got massages and I got a salt glow, which is being rubbed all over with salt mixed with herbs to detoxify and relax, followed by a body wrap, which is sort of like being temporarily mummified. If you’re claustrophobic, it would probably freak you out more than relax you, and it’s about as hot as a hot tub, too, but I loved it.
Come to think of it, I was kind of like a pot roast yesterday: rubbed all over with herbs and salt and then braised. Hmmm.
Anyway, after I was (well) done, I had a facial peel, so I was shiny and new all over. Mom had one, too, but Beth drew the line after the massage. She said that she wished she had brought her homework with her (she is working on her Master’s degree) so she could have read and gotten something done while she was having the massage. So she actually went to Mom’s, got the homework, and sat in the lobby working while Mom and I were being peeled.
Beth’s husband is right: that girl doesn’t know how to relax. But after all, she is the same girl who thought summer vacations were way too long when we were kids. But I love her anyway.