HOW TO DE- STRESS. (IN THEORY)
After a few nights of sleeping unwell and constantly waking up (made even more annoying by the fact that the boyfriend has been sound asleep and bouncing out of bed in the morning ready for a new day) I thought I'd try to calm myself a bit more before bed. So I took out this new SPA kit that I got from Mrs M for Christmas.
Mrs M is very good at finding little SPA treats, and after some digging I found some Lavendel products that she's got me earlier. We're talking lavendel bath essence, bath salt, flower petals, bubbles, babyoil... the works. Let the serenity and calm begin!
I pour myself a nice bath and jump into it, GRAZIA Magazine in hand. Only to scream and throw myself up again. It turns out that the boiler has been switched off and the bath is ice cold. As you know I'm a very practical woman who deals with any issues that I encounter logically and hands- on. So I limp downstairs, rose petals and bubblebath-fluff falling off me as I walk, and shout to the boyfriend that I want to calm myself and now EVERYTHING IS RUINED, and MY NERVES, I DON'T FEEL SERENE AND CALM AT ALL, and WHAT AM I GOING TO DOOOO???
Alex suggests I switch on the boiler and wait for about half an hour. After 15 minutes I'm bored of waiting so I go into the bath anyway, let some of the water out and put sort-of-warm-but-not-quite-warm water in. After a few minutes of attempting to relax I'm realising I'm not relaxed at all. I'm freezing. So I shout "HEEEEELP!!! HEEEELP!!!" Until Alex comes running upstairs because he thinks I have injured myself. Instead he finds a stranded hippo floating around in rose petals.
"I can't relax Alex! I'm SO STRESSED! It's so cold! Do something! My muscles are all TENSE!!!"
"Frida, I told you to wait for half an hour!"
"But I want to have a bath NOW!"
"Right. I know you're very delicate and everything but there are people who are starving and have nowhere to live..."
"Why do people always keep saying that to me? I KNOW that, but I still need to de- stress! I can't deal with human rights issues and starvation and all that stuff if I'm not serene and calm!"
Finally Alex realises that there's only one way to fix the problem. He puts on the kettle and pours boiling water into the ice water, then leaves as quickly as he can. About the same time as I'm realising the water's finally hot I have to take a shower to warm myself up from the cold bath. I slept well though, probably from exhaustion. My poor nerves...
Mrs M is very good at finding little SPA treats, and after some digging I found some Lavendel products that she's got me earlier. We're talking lavendel bath essence, bath salt, flower petals, bubbles, babyoil... the works. Let the serenity and calm begin!
I pour myself a nice bath and jump into it, GRAZIA Magazine in hand. Only to scream and throw myself up again. It turns out that the boiler has been switched off and the bath is ice cold. As you know I'm a very practical woman who deals with any issues that I encounter logically and hands- on. So I limp downstairs, rose petals and bubblebath-fluff falling off me as I walk, and shout to the boyfriend that I want to calm myself and now EVERYTHING IS RUINED, and MY NERVES, I DON'T FEEL SERENE AND CALM AT ALL, and WHAT AM I GOING TO DOOOO???
Alex suggests I switch on the boiler and wait for about half an hour. After 15 minutes I'm bored of waiting so I go into the bath anyway, let some of the water out and put sort-of-warm-but-not-quite-warm water in. After a few minutes of attempting to relax I'm realising I'm not relaxed at all. I'm freezing. So I shout "HEEEEELP!!! HEEEELP!!!" Until Alex comes running upstairs because he thinks I have injured myself. Instead he finds a stranded hippo floating around in rose petals.
"I can't relax Alex! I'm SO STRESSED! It's so cold! Do something! My muscles are all TENSE!!!"
"Frida, I told you to wait for half an hour!"
"But I want to have a bath NOW!"
"Right. I know you're very delicate and everything but there are people who are starving and have nowhere to live..."
"Why do people always keep saying that to me? I KNOW that, but I still need to de- stress! I can't deal with human rights issues and starvation and all that stuff if I'm not serene and calm!"
Finally Alex realises that there's only one way to fix the problem. He puts on the kettle and pours boiling water into the ice water, then leaves as quickly as he can. About the same time as I'm realising the water's finally hot I have to take a shower to warm myself up from the cold bath. I slept well though, probably from exhaustion. My poor nerves...
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