Acupuncture. Today I went for my first time ever. I had a Groupon (www.groupon.com) that offered me one session at a ridiculously reduced rate. I had no idea what to expect. When I got to the office, it was all closed up, lights off, no one there. Awesome. But the guy did show up, I filled out a form, and then I sat with him in his office and we talked for a full hour. Yes, after I warmed up to this stranger who was about to stick me with needles, I was able to get to the core of what I hoped to gain from acupuncture. I learned a lot from him. One thing that spoke to me the most: I told him I have been working very hard and I get very impatient about forward motion when it's not necessarily tangible. He said, "When you are a freshman in college, you wake up every day and you go to class and you do the work. You don't say, 'BAH, I wish I were a SENIOR.'" This, I will use.
The actual needles were really just a pin prick, then I think he twisted them while applying pressure to get them to an effective depth. Once they were in, he put on some Eastern type music and told me to enjoy sleep for 20 minutes. I don't think I slept, but the 20 minutes did go by pretty quickly. Truth be told, I didn't feel anything extreme, but the calm I felt afterwards was delicious. I will do it again. Oh, and he said my chocolate addiction is just like a crack addiction. Haha. Oh well. At least it's legal.
Next week, I signed up for Speed Dating! "Men over 6'1" and the Women Who Love Them." Seriously. Another Groupon!
