Yesterday was filled with clouds and icy rain. I bought boots that were far too expensive. I blame the weather.
Actually, other than spending my weeks budget on a pair of BEAUTIFUL brown leather boots, my Saturday was lovely. I went to a specialty yarn store with my stage manager and our sound engineer, then we grabbed lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. Then the boots happened...lets just not talk about it, ok? The evening ended with a brief hangout in the hotel bar, followed by 22 flights of stairs. SO...we thought it would be a GREAT idea to walk up the stairs to our rooms because 1) to avoid the hundreds of children in the elevator that were in town for a wrestling conference...rarararandom. and 2) to be good green citizens. The scene from Mad Men came to mind, ya know...where the boss drank about 30 martini's, and raw oysters then precedes to huff and puff up the stairs, then promptly vomits all over his office? Oops...spoiler alert. Yeah, not as easy as I had hoped. I practically crawled into my hotel room and sprawled onto my bed. Well...actually I sprawled onto the desk chair so I could tweet and update my facebook status...let's be honest. I did manage to get my wobbly limbs over to my bed eventually...after searching online for the best organic, biodegradable, sustainable shampoo...did I mention we were planning on going to the Natural Living Expo the next morning? :)
It took me forever to fall asleep. The anxiety of "what happens next" is starting to get to me...
I did pop up like a little daisy this morning though...very pumped about the expo. I met two ladies from the cast and we rambled over to the convention center. I figured I would wear my new boots to start to get some use out of them...although I was worried some vegan animal rights hippy dippy would throw paint on them or something...
We were three of the first 200 hundred people (does that even make sense?) in the doors so we received a free hemp tote bag. It actually pays to be early...huh. It was a gloriously green day filled with natural soaps and lotions, gluten free goodies, chiropractors galore, reusable baby diapers and ladies pads (EW.), and the occasional clairvoyant. I. HAD. A. BLAST. I talked to some vendor about fish oil for far too long, and realized I actually knew far too much about it. I guess I am actually learning something from my Canadian friend in my book...
My head started to spin a little from all of the good energy in the room...or maybe from all the coffee and no breakfast...so I decided to stop by the food booth for some lunch. $5 got me a baby cup of some vegan tomato soup, which was delish but not all too filling. I tried to eat some wheat free, gluten free, organic, cracked black pepper crisps (I just dug the bag out of my trash can...) to fill me up, but unfortunately they weren't the tastiest. I ventured back out onto the expo floor to peruse the last two lanes of booths. I had avoided all of the chiropractors thus far, but then this man caught my eye and asked me to try his "method". I felt trapped, so I put down my now filled tote bag, and laid on the table. He told me to relax (while people walked by and stared at me) while he ran some vibrating thing up and down my spine, while he also put something practically in my rear. Um...ok? Then he dinged this tuning fork and waved it around my head...welp that did it. I busted out laughing and I don't think he was all that amused... Oops. But I mean really? By this time I had seen about all I could see, and decided it was time to head back to the hotel. The other gals were headed to the mall, but I declined, not wanting to repeat yesterday's boot fiasco/miracle...they really are fantastic boots. And I was also pleasantly surprised at how many compliments I got from the hippy dippy's on them. No red paint for me!
Since my lovely teaspoonful of vegan tomato soup didn't really stick to my ribs, I ran down to the hotel bar to get a salad and watch the Duke/Baylor game. Butler is in the final four, so I am actually interested. I talked to the bartender for a while since there was no one else there, then one of the guys from my show came and watched the game with me. Poor little Baylor! They hung in right until the end...then Dooky (thanks MC) took it. I actually like sports...sometimes.
Now I suppose its time for more online research about green beauty products (to avoid doing my taxes). I am trying to switch to all natural. I started with the deodorant, and as I run out of things I am going to try and replace them with a green alternative. Oh, I also carbon offset all of the flights I have taken so far in 2010. In my book, Vanessa had a section about Carbonfund.org. Its the number one non profit to donate to offset your carbon footprint. It actually calculated the exact miles you flew and that determines how much you need to donate to offset. My flight's this year put out about .86 tons of carbon so it only ended up being about $9 to offset. I researched the organization myself, and they are awesome. They take your donation and put it toward projects supporting renewable energy sources and planting trees etc. They were voted the number one carbon offsetting organization by TreeHugger.com....oh my goodness...listen to me...sheesh.
I am just trying to be a responsible Earth dweller. (insert pat on the back here)
Now to actually talk to my beau on the telly. We only talk every couple of days...but its always nice to hear his voice...even if he does mumble ;)
XO.
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