We were trying to avoid the same mistakes we made last year for Mother’s Day, when we chose to take our moms out for an early dinner.
Well, not only was the steakhouse crowded, but there was also a band playing music.
This means the noise level was so overwhelming that we could barely hear ourselves. So, most of the breakfast was spent talking at the top of our voices. Later that evening, our throats felt scratchy from overusing our vocal cords from the afternoon. Well, since Mother’s Day is one of the busiest times of year for steakhouses, we decided to skip that idea this year. Instead, we booked a spa morning for us, our moms and our daughters. Well, our appointment was for 9 a.m. and then afterwards, we planned a miniature boat cruise that traverses through one of the gorgeous sights in the neighborhood that we live in. Everything about this plan was full-proof, but it didn’t go over without a hitch. Of all mornings, the heat pump inside the spa decided to fail. Unfortunately when we arrived at the spa, they were scrambling to try to get the cooling system up in addition to running. The owner was on the phone with the heating and AC company and was trying to get a repair serviceman to come out to the spa. It didn’t help that the temperature outside was 88 degrees, so without air conditioning, inside was going to feel like a boiler soon. We decided to reschedule the spa date for next week and did the boat cruise instead, which our moms thoroughly enjoyed. We just hope that the cooling system at the spa will be working wonderfully when we go back.