Someone Touched My Wobbly Bits

Before the heartfelt sympathy starts pouring in, no, I have not been physically assaulted. I know I've had a few run ins with the police force recently, but this is a nice thing.

I want to talk about a spa treatment, bought for me by my generous older (though questionably not wiser) sister Lucy. She treated to a magical full body massage (The Comforter? Treatment) at LUSH Spa Kingston. I use the adjective magical quite literally, as there were bubbles in the little, darkened room and music from Willy Wonka playing. It felt like I was in a mini, pleasantly scented spaceship.

First of all I must credit LUSH as a company on how the entire day was delivered. I am not a self conscious person, but I did have my realistic reserves about how the treatment would take place. How naked is full body? Will I cope with someone seeing my wobbly bits? Shit, I need to shave my legs/wear suitable underwear...ETC. Don't laugh. We all have our moments. OH HOW WRONG I WAS.

On arrival we were sat down and we had a cute chat with our therapists. We were offered a drink & shown to our massage rooms. The spa area itself was like someone's living room who has incredible talent with home design; beautiful colours, smells and ambience. We were told exactly what would happen and what products would be used where. When we'd stripped down to the bare minimum and had snuggled into a heated duvet spa bed, we rang a little bell so the therapist would know to begin. Through this whole process, Aquarium by Arthur Fiedler was playing which made my mind feel gooey. If you aren't familiar with this piece of music, educate yourself...you won't be disappointed.

The treatment itself was a hot chocolate exfoliating body scrub and a rose scented medium pressure massage of the arms, legs, chest and back. It was bewitching. When she hit my lower back...good god. My skin still feels soft and healthy and the whole day made for a fantastic memory.

Word of the day: SATISFIED. I would recommend the LUSH Spa to any human being I know. It is no gimmick; just blissful. I am over analytical and anxious by default, so trust me.

My treatment is priced at £75. If you're looking to REALLY treat a best friend or family member to a day of infinite indulgence, I would whole heartedly get on this website and splash zee cash; https://www.lush.co.uk/products/treatments-0

Thank you for listening to my selfish post! :) and I know there's not many pictures on my blog to accompany the words, but we're all adults and to be honest you should know how to enjoy a wonderful chunk of writing by now.

My Encounter With Racism

I've always hoped that if I were face to face with unjust crime, i'd stand up to it, like any Marvel superhero. Like Spider Man does to all of those back street thugs when they steal wallets from old people or rob the convenience store. And I am quite proud to say that yesterday, I did.

On a fairly normal day of work, I encountered very blatant, shocking public racism at a bus stop against a chinese family. I found myself, albeit with shaking knees and hands, standing in the way of and stopping, a profoundly abusive man who was being physically and verbally racist. I spoke to the man and challenged his strong racist views and stood up to his inappropriate, personal probing. I reported the incident to the police and have spent the first day of my holiday off of work in a police station, giving a statement. YAY!

Don't get me wrong i'm no hero and this is a pretty isolated incident of racism. It, however, showed me that every person, has the right to stand up for what they feel and think to be right. DO NOT be afraid to step into a hero role, whether it be confronting a bully, stopping a crime, or standing up to a stranger. DO NOT think that it is not worth reporting an incident to the police.

Racism is not acceptable. Look after the world and the people in it by protecting yourself and your fellow humans against attacks of prejudice.

We all deserve equality & to live our lives in peace.

FIST PUMP!

BLAH

Today I found out that I hate change. I like to do new things (however small) every day, to make my life interesting. However, there comes a point when too much change occurs at one moment in time and it ends up in me getting teary eyed and grumpy.

Life isn't static and I am just very aware of this today.

Wallow wallow wallow.

I just ate a whole cold poppadom in defiance.

Pray for me. (haha)