Sorry to be (again) MIA. Just back from our SF getaway, we surrvived Bay to Breakers.
You know it's not a serious race when the first question you get asked, by anyone who notes that you ran it (wearing a T is a giveaway lol) is "did you finish"?. LOL Not because it was hard but because well...a lot don't! They have "sobering stations" along the course. Too funny. VERY entertaining.
I am SOOOO sorry about Fran's thumb! Does she take anything to help with bone density or strength at all? That would be worrisome for sure. I am glad that she decided to tough it out and hopefully the new meds will kick in soon and make a difference...at a better price but how awful to deal with in the interim, for all of you, and trying to get the apartments done too.
At some point, I got into the Jacuzzi tub, and I love the fact that they have the window that opens to the bedroom so I could do like I do at home, watch the news while in the tub and watch the closed captions on the TV.
I think that is great you took advantage of it, I never use ours at home or the one on vacation! I'd skip the TV though but a bath is just lovely!
I fixed myself a Bloody Mary and headed up to meet them. I’m sure breakfast looked something like this.
Yum! The lounge has lovely offerings, what a neat benefit to be able to use that.
After breakfast we decided to head into the park and do a few rides before I headed over to my massage. Justin had to leave for the rest of the weekend, he’s an aspiring film composer and had quite a few projects in the works. Alberto had to leave for a yard sale for one of his non-profit groups, so it was just Jim, Leonard and I. We did Radiator Springs Racers.
I am so glad you got to go on some rides that morning! We were definitely crazy rope drop people and hit MK hard before the pool. I did get in some rides I'd not been able to in the past. Nemo (always closed, hadn't been on it since it was 20,000 leagues...made my day right there!) Storybook boats and Alice (also not since a child).
Leonard needed to find a shirt to wear for dinner that evening, so we all went out to World of Disney to check on apparel. It was getting late, so I said, “goodbye” and headed back to the Villa to check on Fran. Unfortunately I ate too much at breakfast to want anything for lunch, so instead I just went to the Villa to see how she was doing before heading to my massage. She owes me a make up for my birthday lamburger at the Uva Bar.
Did Leonard ever buy a shirt? That is kind of funny, I expect those of us who travel to have to buy things we forget but not the locals. She does owe you a lamb burger!
Evidently I had a little bit more than the standard treatment described above. First I was wrapped with the seaweed mask and I rinsed off in the shower. She rubbed me with another type of polish, more of a gel, and I had another cocoon. Then I showered off again, and then I had the full body massage. It was blissful and wonderful.
Blissful and wonderful, exactly what a spa treatment should be!
While I was enjoying the spa, the ladies were enjoying this:
Oh it was heavenly by the pool! For me, it was the first time I could really enjoy the pool there, when I was there with the boys last year they were NOT interested in it at all so it wasn't very relaxing either time. This was just lovely, thank you for the opportunity!
People began to arrive starting shortly after 4PM. Alicia had put together an awesome photo collage for me, and a lot of technical engineering went into the hanging of this collage. Finally dental floss was the material used to suspend this here.
I think it got hung while we were dressing, I had no idea it was dental floss! that's a riot.
@Leshaface did such a great job with the collage, it was fabulous!
Another thing I want to point out in the picture above is Cynthia’s prowess at setting up the bar. I planned the food with what Jill called “more precision than some military operations”, but for some reason I just thought the bar would “build itself”. That was certainly not the case. One of the benches was stolen from the pool table room, the other was taken from the foyer.
It was so funny, a couple of days later I realized that not only did we not put the table back at the end (which I don't think was a big deal), the lamp we had moved to make more room on the bar was probably still on top of the TV unit in the main LR. Oops!
I'd thought one table would work originally...it was quite the bar, we ended up with 3 tables total dedicated to it!
On one of our TRs Alicia mentioned that her DH was looking forward to having another Manhattan. While I couldn’t get him the cool ice sphere, I did look up how to make the drink and had the ingredients on hand to make him one. I mixed him up a drink, and at first he taste he said his mouth was going to be on fire! But after a few sips, he was claiming that it was a “Man’s drink”, and when it came for a second one (or maybe it was the third), he wanted to know how to make it so he could repeat it at home!
LOL!
With the collage successfully hanging above the couch, we decided it was time to take the photo for the DIS to document our meeting.
YAY! There we are. I look like an
amazon. LOL
Well the report on her thumb had some references to osteoarthritis, but she has not been technically diagnosed with osteoarthritis. Perhaps we should ask the doctor about that when she goes in for the trial, just for informational stuff.
Oh I hope that isn't it but yes, I would ask.
That really is odd about the break in her thumb. Does she have osteoporosis as well as the RA?
