powerscourt springs

Alright, for this post I will not complain once. I have such compulsion to moan - well, more like, I'm much more likely to write when I'm miserable about something.

So yesterday I went up to the Powerscourt Springs 'health farm' for the first time. And today I'm home 24 hours later feeling pleasantly clean, sleepy, relaxed and refreshed.

I swam, sat in the jacuzzi, which is possibly my favourite thing to do in the world - were I massively wealthy, my number one luxury would be a huge big (solar powered) hot tub an I would be permanently pruned and unavailable - had a massage, lay around reading, ate a nice dinner, though the wine did not agree with me, even though I tried hard! I wandered down to the 'Tranquility Room' which is a darkened room with relaxing music, a fish tank and leather loungers and blankets - even though it was empty it smelled funny ( I think of someones recent massage oil) so I retreated and tried again today when I was sleepy full of people BREATHING which is not my favourite thing so unfortunately the tranquility room did not live up to its title for me - a nice idea though.

What else? I did a meditation this morning that was very good (we should all be doing this every day) and an aqua aerobics class that was FAB! I remember doing one once long ago and thinking it was for old ladies (I prefer to swim laps with comparative speediness) but heavily pregnant with SPD it was perfect, I haven't moved that much in weeks! It felt great.

Then I had a nice salady lunch with a most delicious baked potato (butter salt pepper -you have to love the simpler things in life). I scared the 40 something pregnant manageress with tales of nasty hospital practice but that's what people get for telling me I'm brave to have a homebirth from now on... and dessert was the most incredibly delicious almond tart with créme anglaise - I must find out how to make both!

So I've read Janet Evanovich's 11th Plum novel, which was fun, and half of Tracy Chevalier's new one with William Blake in - though I'd like it to be more about him, I might have to search out a biography.

And just wait - it all gets better - I talked to my wonderful godmother who recently gave me a birthday cheque that enabled us to get our garden done after 5 years! And I mentioned that perhaps the cleaning fairies would come and do the house while I was away - she rang me later to see if I wanted her to come over with her cleaner/student/friend while I was out and clean the house! And they did! And apparently she only commented on two hideously unhygienic things, the tray under my sink drainer (well, that's how it came) and the juicer I never use which I keep beside the cooker and is therefore covered in layers of grease and dust.

So I've come home to a house that is just spic and span!

And - broadband came!!

So the world is my oyster. Best of all my daughter has had a wonderful time with her and is disgusted that I'm home and he's gone off to practice. Hurray!