Day Twenty-One: Spa Day

Every morning that I am supposed to leave, I decide to stay.  Originally I was going to leave on Monday, but then my mom decided to come to Miami, so I planned to stay with her at the Loews until Tuesday.  The blizzard and ice storm up north compelled me to stay Tuesday night, when I moved into the Raleigh.  Meeting my new friends Jay, Chris and Sammy compelled me to stay Wednesday night, when I moved to the Standard.

Chris and Lyla

I’ve moved from Raleigh to Lowes to Raleigh to the Standard in the past four nights.  At this point, I might as well stay for the weekend.  My friends John and Doug from New York invited me to go skiing this weekend and Alanna invited me to a Superbowl party on Sunday.  I miss my friends and I want to see them, but I want to stay here and I can’t go to California before leaving for Colombia because I need to be in New York for my interview with John on the 13^th, 14^th or 15^th of February. Plus, it’s another beautiful day.

So I might as well stick around, right?

Chris brings me to the front desk and we talk to Inez.  She gives me an upgraded room and I settle in until Sunday (at least, for now).  Inez tells us of her plan to go to South America, by herself.  “No way!” I say, and I find a potential travel buddy.  We facebook, text and plan to meet for drinks to discuss.

I spend the day writing, hanging out with Chris and going to the spa.  Around seven we plan to go to the hamman, a warm rock in a meditation room where we run into Inez from the front desk and Rukhasana from the Boutique.   Inez and I start to discuss our plan.  I enjoy the hamman, steam room and sauna before I call it a night.  Oh yea, I am on vacation.  I need to figure out how to do this for a living ;)