Facial

I got word that Breanne (my cousin) was in labor. She was going to have Baby Wong. Todd named him Watts...get it? Watts Wong! It was still the 8th at home so if she has him before midnight he will share a birthday with my two nieces...Grace (14)and Allison (19)...on opposites sides of the family.

At 10 Ileana and I went to get our very first facials. We walked in and the girls working seemed confused. We had an appointment at 10 so we didn't know what was happening. Then one of the girls said "the face nurse is not here right now". Face nurse? We then said we were there for facials. The light bulb turned on for the girls and they immediately took us to the back. We changed our shoes into way too small flip flops. Then things got really weird from there.

I was taken to a room that had a chair and vanity in it. The girl said something to me and I understood change clothes. What? Change my clothes? She shut the door. What in the world did she mean? I opened the door and said "Ileana?" The worker girl looked at me like I was crazy but then opened another door where Ileana was. She motioned me down there. I walked in and Ileana looked as confused as me. She told me she kept saying to the girl "where is my friend?" We got instructed again to change our clothes. There was one robe in the room and 2 girls. The girls walked out again. Ileana and I started laughing. We opened the door again and got one of the girls back. We asked again if we were suppose to change. We showed her one robe. She said "oh" and went and got another one. She walked out again.

By this point Ileana and I are dying laughing. Who knew you had to get naked, except for underwear, to get a facial? Really weird. The two girls came back in. Ileana and I are still dying laughing. Our two workers were looking at us like we were aliens. My girl told me to lay down on my back. She said back 2 times. So I started to and Ileana said "of course no. Your face goes in this hole" as she was pointing to the hole. I looked at the girl and she shook her head yes. As this was happening the other girl was trying to take Ileana's robe off of her. This caused Ileana to start the laughing all over and say "oh my goodness". So both of us were laughing which caused the other two girls to start laughing. The one girls laugh was so loud and funny which caused more laughing. She walked out of the room and we could hear her laughing in the hallway. This went on for the next 10 minutes. We finally started "the facial" and the laughing finally stopped.

So a facial turned into starting with a 30 minute back massage. There was some oil that warmed up the more she rubbed. Then she started massaging my head. I should not have put goop and hair spray in my hair. It kind of hurt. Finally she flips me over and starts on the facial. I have never in my life had so many different liquids, creams, and lotions on my face. 1 1/2 hours later my face was done. While my face was soaking in all the stuff she rubbed my chest, arms, and hands. Luckily she stopped before touching my boobies. It was everything I had not to start laughing again. I was literally biting the insides of my cheeks.

She finally said I was done and sat me up. But then she rubbed my back again briefly then said I was done again. Finally the girls walked out. We got dressed and I looked in the mirror. I had some serious Don King hair. I was 7 feet tall. It was hilarious.

Overall it was relaxing and nice. However, I did learn a few things to remember the next time I go. Do not put product in my hair. Do not wear earrings or necklace. Do not wear contacts. Thank goodness I wear soft contacts and they stayed where they were suppose to. Shocking with all the rubbing of my eyes. I guess everything I do in China I need to go with an open mind and sense of humor because I never know what it is going to be like. Funny, funny morning. I love my outings with Ileana. Never dull.

We were hanging out at home so I told Ileana and Alejandro to come up. Her other kids were at friends houses. She came up and we were talking about needing a drill. She said she would get the driller. I said drill. I then said driller isn't even a word. She said "yes, of course we have it in Mexico. They are the people that sell drugs". I said "you mean dealer?" She snapped her fingers and said "oh, dealer". The laughter started all over again. Love her.

They left, we ate, and I checked Facebook for an update on Breanne. It was after midnight at home and she still hadn't had him. At 5:25 a.m. On November 9th, Little Emory Alan Mang-Chui Wong was born. Then the frustration started in because the VPN wouldn't work so I couldn't get on Facebook the rest of the night. There were big government meetings happening in Beijing so they were cracking down and blocking things. It's very spotty with Facebook, my blog, google, etc. It's frustrating.