Pain is Sometimes Pleasure

No wake up alarm, no trying to eat breakfast in half an hour, a very nice way to start the day. Both of us had projects that we didn't NEED to do that day, but wanted to get started on. LuRue had her fish identification and Montana had her lyrics videos to make. They had nothing that needed to get done right then and there, so they went off their separate ways to work on their projects. 

A couple hours later, LuRue stopped in and asked if Montana had a few minutes. She did and LuRue showed her a couple pictures of hers. One was a before (how the picture was actually taken) and one of an after (after LuRue cropped it and did little changes.) The difference really impressed Montana.

Before

After

Here's one of LuRue's best, which, sadly, we didn't have the before picture to show. 

We decided to take a break and walk around town. We had some signs & sculptures & rituals we wanted to take pictures of. We walked down to where the sidewalk ended observing and taking pictures, then headed back. Of course, since it was around lunch time, we had to do our tradition and stop by a specific store before going back to the hotel. 

We had discussed interest before in possibly going to the spa once and trying out some Indonesian massages, so before going back to our room we stopped by the spa (about a 30 second walk from our room) to schedule an appointment at 2:30 that day. LuRue’s back and knee had been killing her, so she asked the workers what they would suggest. They suggested a deep tissue body massage. Oblivious to what that actually was, she agreed to it. Montana, feeling curious, signed up for a body scrub with Mud.

Once again, when we got back to our room, we went our separate ways and worked on our projects.

2:30 came around and we were off to get our massages. Montana’s massage ended up being very mild compared to what LuRue experienced. Montana’s massager pretty much took a handful of mud and smeared it around her body, let it dry, then washed it off with a washcloth. It was an odd feeling, but she didn’t get much out of it. Montana heard LuRue moaning and groaning during her massage, to which she took as moans and groans of relaxation. However, the story is much different.

Turns out LuRue’s deep tissue massage wasn’t really a relaxing massage. As lifehacker.com says, "It feels very much like someone is torturing you on purpose..." So, her moans and groans were of pain not pleasure. The massager would push down so hard that it was like getting stabbed. At one point the massager did something to her toes to feel like they were getting ripped off. LuRue had thought that Montana was having the same thing and was wondering why she was so quiet. Montana couldn’t even come close to saying what the experience was like, so she had LuRue describe it herself: “At a few crucial times after the petite young woman had ground her thumbs and elbows in particularly excruciatingly deep, I could hear and see her softly chanting, then making whisking motions. Toward the very end of the session, the massager began to gag as she pulled on my arms and shoulders and had to spit through the open window several times. The last few times, she returned with tears in her eyes. She hadn’t quite recovered by the time the session was over, and I felt compelled to give her a hug. Award-winning performance or genuine...who knows?”

After describing everything to Montana, she ended it on “you should try it”. Who knows if that’ll actually happen or not.  

After their massages, they once again separated to work on their projects. Montana finished hers at around dinnertime, so they headed off to dinner. They went to the restaurant right across the street from Watergarden. On the way there, LuRue made a brilliant discovery. Miraculously, LuRue’s knee was working much better than it had been. It was like a fairy swished a wand at her knee. She actually said if her knee goes back to being bad, she might go in again. Maybe Corrine should try this on her knee sometime. At the restaurant, Montana ordered an Indonesian noodle dish and LuRue ordered a German dish and of course, they ended it on an apple pie for dessert. All of it was delicious. A nice way to end the day.