Goodbye, Earl

Earl passed us by here on the NC coast, although we did have a mandatory evacuation from the island. Brandus had to stay home with Voldemort, as daycare was closed, even though the schools we work in were NOT, so I ended up packing my suitcase so he wouldn’t have to deal with it.

So, my suitcase ended up sitting in my car, which was fine on Thursday, as it was cool and overcast. On Friday, it was baking hot and blazing, so my suitcase sat in the trunk and now smells like my now-melted massage bar from Lush. *sob* Fortunately, my face soap (Lush), and my shampoo bar (LUSH!) came through unscathed, but I’m still mourning over the loss of the massage bar and the half of a bath melt (yep, Lush!).

…these were important things to take when evacuating for a hurricane. For one thing, we stayed in a hotel where the bathtub was clean and I wouldn’t spend the entire time I soaked wondering what that weird black stuff on the shower curtain might be and whether it was going to try to attack me at any point. For another, with us staying in one room, we had to turn off the lights and reduce activity until Voldemort went to sleep, which can take an abnormal amount of time in a new place, so I needed something to do where I didn’t have to do much. So, bath!

And the Happy Blooming bath melt was so yummy smelling and left my skin crazy soft, even though I only used half of it.

Not that i would have used the other half any time soon, as that would involve me cleaning the bathtub and shower curtain, but anyway!

Now, recently, my entire skin and body care has been overtaken by Lush, which is expensive but OMG SO WORTH IT. I had never been into a Lush before I went to Las Vegas a month ago, but I had heard about it, and when we were walking from one casino to another, I spotted it and went, “LUSH OMG CAN WE GO IN?” and then proceeded to spend a large chunk of my fun money (and almost an hour) in this fabulous fabulous place.

I love it so much I came home and told Brandus I didn’t care where we moved next, so long as there was a Lush nearby, as I was planning on quitting teaching and working there for the rest of my life. And not even just for the discount I would get on skincare. YUM. I LOVE IT.

So, losing bits of Lush, which is no where near here, and buying on the website isn’t nearly as much fun, nearly made me sniffle with sadness.

On the upside, my suitcase smells amazing.