Today's Travels.

So it's almost 2.30 p.m. and today I decided to take a walk on the wild side. I put aside my love of Dermalogica for a second and went to Aveda for a facial. It was okay, but the esthetician told me to get out of my shirt and bra and get under the sheet, and there was this gigantic window right there in the room, and if I got undressed, everyone walking by could see my boobs. So I got into the bed first, took off my shirt and bra, and threw it onto the chair. I nearly missed. Anyway. So they do things differently at Aveda. I thought that every facial has the same steps-- cleanse, examine, exfoliate, extract, massage, mask, etc. She did it completely differently, and the time went by way too fast. That might be a good thing. But she put something on my face and rubbed it in, and it made my face burn like hell. It was fine, though, because I didn't end up breaking out or anything. Then she did the massage the "Aveda way." I think this means that she repeats one massage movement (sweeping up from the elbow to the shoulder, to the occipital on the back of the head) over and over and over again. It started to get old. But I do love Aveda's whole "touch therapy" philosophy where it's all about touch and sensory experiences. It's secretly what I want to do all day long, with no waxing and no microdermabrasion or anything painful. You would have loved it, but you also would have thought the product was too highly scented. It's very botanical, but weirdly, the ingredient list is really long.

Anyway. Let me tell you about what I ate last night. I got home and didn't find anything to eat. I wanted to eat this Wild Alaskan Salmon, but found that there was only one portion in the freezer, so I couldn't cook for both me and Lemonjello. So do you know what we ate (grab some water because your mouth will get SO dry reading this)?? I made coconut rice (here's the recipe, in case you want to go all out and have a Thai night or something):

2 Cups Jasmine Rice
1 can of Light Coconut Milk (from Tj's, of course)
1.5 cups of water
1 tbsp. of brown sugar
1 pat of butter
1.5 tsp. of salt

Bring water, rice, coconut milk to a boil.
Add salt and brown sugar and butter.
Allow to boil for about 5-7 minutes, uncovered.
Turn heat down to low and simmer with cover on partially for about 15 minutes
Turn off heat and put the lid completely on for about 5-7 more minutes so that rice can steam a little more.

That sounds good, right? It was. But then I didn't have any protein to eat with it. So I made some frozen vegetables and threw it on top. Then I saw that we had some frozen pita bread and hummus. So hummus and pita was the appetizer, and the rice with veggies was the main course. Embarrassing. That food combination was so dry that I almost drank two full bottles of water.

So where the hell are you? I was calling you so that I could tell you to come home. I think you're coming back tonight. Then I can stop talking to myself all day long. Come home. I'm tired of looking at lipstick all day.

Oh. Embarrassing moment of the day: I was trying to get this new project done and checked today. I've spent enough time on it, even though it's a relatively simple and straightforward thing. Create an education sheet for each of our new launches. I submitted it today to the girl who gave me the project, and she sent it back with all kinds of corrections. Remember when I first started here and had no attention to detail? That was it. I had completely forgotten to delete the things from the previous template and then submitted it. Horrifying. But I corrected it.

Embarrassing moment of the day #2: I was walking through the office and we have these 6-drawer units where each department stacks a ton of makeup. I saw one of these units that had labels on it that read. "Eye Shadow's" and "Blushe's." I wanted to throw up. How can we make so much money in this company and be so illiterate?

So come back. My attention to detail is better when you're around. Speaking of coming home, I decided that another good bi-line for this blog could be "M&Ms and Enemas."

Or, that could be the title! God, I'm smart.