Hedonism

Is there anything more luxurious than letting the warm spring air play across your bare skin?

It’s beautiful outside and I’ve been very reluctant to get dressed. Instead I’m sitting in a silky robe, luxuriating in the fact that there is no reason at all for me to bother about clothes today. And there is something very naughty about doing housework half naked.

Not to say that I haven’t been productive. I went to the gym and then came home and touched up my hair. It wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have that stupid patch of lighter blonde around my face. It makes my roots very noticeable. I also dyed my eyebrows, which I’d never done before. I’m pleased with the results and it makes me look more like a natural brunette. So my hair is clean, soft, and straight and my skin smells like coconut and hibiscus from my lotion. I’ve also done two loads of laundry. It’s just that I can’t be bother to put on clothes.

I suspect my current penchant for skimpy fabrics has something to do with an absolutely delicious dream I had last night. I definitely didn’t want to wake up this morning. Fantasies are so much fun.

More seriously, though, I’ve made plans to meet Charlee for Zumba tomorrow night and she wants to get a group of us together and do pedicures sometime next week. I won’t say no to that. I have very pretty feet and no problem making them look prettier. She wants to bring Zaneta and Katie, two newer additions to our group. Zaneta is Sims’ wife and I guess he wants her to get out more now that the baby is a few months old. Katie is Pelzel’s new wife. She just moved down here from Denver, so she doesn’t really know anyone. She’s living in the same apartment complex as us, though, so it certainly makes things convenient. She has a daughter who’s about 1 and a half, as far I can tell (which is pretty far since I taught that age group).

It’s strange and wonderful to be alone after sharing my days and my space with so many people over the last couple weeks. I’m reveling in the freedom of it. I think I may have to take advantage of it being the middle of the work day and go sit outside in just my robe. I wouldn’t do it if we lived on the ground floor, but our deck is just screened enough by the trees to make it interesting.

~Liz