On this morning I woke up to a few emails from MLB.tv letting me know they had my IP address and would make an adjustment so that I could view the game. I was skeptical it would work, but sure enough I tapped the live feed button and there before my eyes was the Dodger game about to start. I was so excited. I feel like I had cracked a code.
Our plan for the day was another treetop restaurant breakfast, followed by a trip to the on-site gym, a 90-minute massage treatment and redo of our mani/pedi, and me trying to fit the Dodger game viewing in there somehow. I’m here to tell you, I made it work.
We went to breakfast first and were sat at a table that still had a view of the river but also was right in front of the vegetable/herb garden. It all felt so lush with greenery all around. We were so excited to enjoy this breakfast again. Me, I had been fasting breakfast since May – so now getting back into a breakfast routine wasn’t too difficult, it took me about 5 minutes to adjust. Now I was waking waking up every morning thinking, hmm, I need some breakfast!
We both visited the place where all of the food was displayed to make our selections. I can’t even bring myself to call it a buffet as it was all so artfully displayed. I appreciate how all of the food was covered with lovely little mesh baskets. No chance of even a gnat landing on this food. I tried a few new things on this day and even joined Amy in a wheatgrass shot. The little bottles were so cute. I couldn’t resist. They also had an incredible mango yogurt I thoroughly enjoyed.
So there we were enjoying the peaceful morning, river sounds, birds chirping, cicadas making their special jungle sound and oh HOW NICE, a couple at the table next to us deciding it was a great idea to FaceTime a relative the whole time they were eating breakfast. And you know how it is when you are on a cell phone or FaceTiming – you actually have to speak extra loud so that the person on the other end can hear you over the sound of the river. Say what? After about 20 minutes of this, we asked if we could be moved to another table far, far, far away from the FaceTiming couple. We sat at another table much further in the interior and then glanced over at another couple doing the SAME THING. Thankfully, that couple only lasted about 5 minutes. It sounded like a quick check-in with his dad. What is up with people feeling like they need to FaceTime at breakfast?
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All of the servers seemed dressed especially nice today with the ladies in lace tops and beautiful skirts. As we later found out, it was the day of a big Balinese ceremony. We were encouraged to go watch the procession after breakfast. It was beautiful to see the participants march through the rice fields and through the village in procession.
After the procession we went back to the room, I checked the score and it was tied 1-1. I just wanted to watch a few innings before the Spa Treatment. Amy was getting ready for the gym and I decided I would be skipping the gym and would meet her at the spa. She was cool with that as she was now used to me be obsessed with the Dodgers and this championship series and was being supportive of my viewing time.
Well, the Dodger game remained tied up until the 8th inning when it was time for me to go to the Spa. It was a nerve racking game so I thought, it is just as well. I might as well go get my 90-minute treatment and then find out who won later. So I headed off to the Spa for treatments.
This time they put us in our own private structure for changing with separate areas for the massages but combined areas for the feet soaking. They pre-wash and soak your feet also for the massage. They put salts and flowers in there and it feels like a great way to get started before you head back into the massage treatment room. They also have you smell different essential oils to calm your senses.
90-minutes of bliss later, I headed back to my changing area and decided to just ‘peak’ at my iPad to see who won the game. UNBELIEVABLY the game was still going. It was still tied in the 12th inning. So then I got excited to realize that while my girl was going to be redoing my manicure, I could sit against those cushions facing the river, sipping the ginger tea and eating cookies, while watching the Dodger game on my iPad using my earbuds. I was pretty much in heaven during this time. Especially when they actually won the game in the bottom of the 13th inning! That was totally amazing. The series was now tied at 2-2.
After our treatments, we were a little hungry so decided to grab a lite lunch by the poolside restaurant. Once again the food was delicious and the setting was pure heaven. It is so hard to describe how peaceful this property is and all of the spaces they have designed to encourage relaxation.
We both felt tired again, but actually needed to ‘get ready.’ My cousin, Amoris, who I haven’t seen in 6 or so years is in Bali for a month with her fiancé and is staying only 2 miles up the road. They were planning on coming by the resort at 5:30pm for a little cocktail hour with us. There is a place by the pool area called the ‘library’ that serves drinks and will actually tour you through the specialty drinks of all of the Islands of Indonesia. We all knew we were wouldn’t be doing all of the islands, but were each down for about 1, but no more than 2.
Amoris and her fiancé, Andy, arrived at 5:30pm and were escorted down from the entrance in a buggy to the library. We had told Selly they were coming and she was all prepared to receive them when they arrived. We spent about 2 hours with them getting caught up. It was so much fun to hear about their adventures in Bali so far, and their previous adventures in Tanzania (where they were before Bali). They will be heading back the USA in a few weeks, but have been able to stay here for a month renting a house for only about $400 and they get around on a scooter.
Around 7:30pm we finished up with drinks and they took the buggy back up to the entrance. Amy and I had a quick dinner in the tree top restaurant and headed to bed early. We were both very tired. It’s funny how the more you relax, the more tired you get. Or maybe it was the last several months catching up with us all at once. Regardless, it was nice to be able to walk back up to the room and crash early.