Today has been my day to relax, according to Doctor’s orders. Apparently my neck and shoulders are an absolute mess of knots, so my Doctor told me to get a massage. I like that kind of prescription. So at 1:00pm I went to my masseuse, Nancy, and had a whole hour of an absolutely fantastic massage. I really needed it, but believe me, it hurt. My neck, shoulders, and shoulderblades had so many knots that it felt like I was being stabbed whenever she would rub in certain spots. Even though my shoulders feel looser, they still hurt. I suppose I really need to learn how to loosen up, but I don’t know how, because I don’t even know what I’m doing wrong. Nancy says it’s from stress; I’m not sure what I can do about that either. Thank goodness Chinese Sam is coming over this Saturday to give me another Chinese head massage. If you’ve never had one, you’re really missing out. It’s the most amazing and efficient way to relieve a headache or put somebody to sleep. I actually fell asleep last time he rubbed my head.

The next step in my day at the spa was to drive over to the BMW Dealership. 🙂 You think I’m kidding, but I’m not. Really. I went there, walked in and said, “I want to test drive one of those, and one of those,” pointing at an X5 and a Z4. I was so convincing they didn’t even look at my license! They handed me the keys to a 4.4l X5, and a 3.0l Z4. I was one happy girl. I drove around with the salesman and he asked what an 18 year old is doing looking into buying two $40,000+ cars. So I told him about the TV show. 😀 I *love* being able to say that I do something now, that I do something that has a recognizable job title. Before it was always so hard to explain; “Well, I run websites, I tutor kids, I run my own company, yadda yadda yadda.” It was too cumbersome. But now, Dean has given me permission to say that I am a TV Producer. I love the way that sounds.

Hello. I’m Heather Lawver. I’m a TV Producer.

Wheee! So I told the guy all about the show and he was incredibly impressed. When we were on our way back from driving the Z4, he asked what I do for fun. I said that I like photography, that I write a lot. He asked what I write, so I told him about my novel and my screenplays. Yet again, he was severely impressed, and that felt great. I know he was probably just kissing up to me, but I don’t care. After all, this is my Spa Day, a little kissing up is always good. Of course, kissing might be nice too, but not with the BMW guy. (Ha ha.) Hey, it burns calories, that’s a good thing, right? It’s exercise!

Okay, now you know I’m kidding. About the kissing anyway.

So, I have lots to get you all caught up on, don’t I? It’s been a while since I last blogged cause I’ve been so dang busy. Let’s get started at the beginning.

I met up with Dean (Mr. Producer Man) on Saturday at Tysons Corner. That was quite an adventure – we started out planning to go to P.F. Chang’s, but they were closed by the health department because of Isabel’s effects on the water. I called Maggiano’s and they said they’d be open, so we changed the plan to meet up there at 12:30. I got to Tysons ridiculously early so I hung out at Neiman Marcus, then entered to win a $10,000 shopping spree at Bose. When I got back to Maggiano’s at 12:30, they had just been shut down by the health department as well.

I was getting slightly kerfluffled, so I called P.F. Chang’s. They said they were open, but in “Hurricane Mode” – no water, no ice, just serving what they could. Only problem was, they were packed. But Dean showed up and said he was game, so we walked down through the mall. Funny thing is, we were both following each other, and we ended up walking straight into Saks Fifth Avenue. Tee hee. We stopped when we reached a make-up counter and both said, “Where are we going?” Yeah, we should work together on a show that involves travel… 🙂 Just kidding.

When we got to P.F. Chang’s they were indeed very busy, but we happened to look across the hall at Legal Seafood – they were practically empty. We walked in, asked, and sure enough they were open. So we ate there, which was quite a change from the original plan, but fine with me; I got to eat some fish n’ chips! I was one happy camper. Although, only one slight thing was wrong – it wasn’t haddock. Alas!

I had a great time with Dean, as always, and we ended up talking for three straight hours again. While we ate we just talked life, not business, which was very classy. Once the food was eaten and all out of the way, we got down to planning the show. I’m not sure I should discuss details, but believe me, it’s going to kick serious butt. We figured everything out and it looks like we’re getting to the contract stage. Timing, schedules, and money were all discussed in their preliminary stages, which is incredibly exciting. Dean’s really investing a lot in this show, the idea, and in me. I’m really grateful to him for that, and more importantly, I feel that I can trust him.

The most exciting bit of news, however, is that I’ll most likely be going to Berlin in October. Dean’s going to Europe then anyway to attend a Producers conference thing in Cannes, then he has to go to Geneva to film a show. In between Cannes and Geneva we figured out we could hop over to Berlin, meet with the Count, and convince him that I’m wonderful and that he should adopt me so we can make this amazing TV show. I’m not sure how my schedule will work with all of this, whether I’ll end up in Cannes for a few days or if I’ll just fly to Berlin, but either way I’m happy. This whole trip is hinging on only one thing – Dean has to make sure he can get access to some funding for the trip so it won’t come out of our own pockets, which would also make me even happier.

I think once we get to Berlin it shouldn’t be too difficult. I still can’t imagine the Count will say no. It’s just too sweet of a deal for him and for us. I’m looking forward to the trip, though. Dean is just such an interesting man and he’s so much fun to talk to that I bet he’d be great fun to travel with.

The next job for me is to find a member of British royalty who’s willing to be my mentor on the show. Thank goodness for Auntie Hazel! Alastair has an Aunt who’s worked with the Queen and has loads of connections, so I’m hoping she’ll put us in contact with just the right person. Hooray!

I’m really pleased with the way things are working out. The last roadblock right now is getting the Count to agree. After that, it’s sold and on the air. Life rules.

The rest of my weekend was just as fabulous. I went shopping with Amber, since our other plans were dashed by the hurricane. We were planning on having a Hurricane Party on Thursday night, but wouldn’t you know it, Isabel completely skipped over us. As Amber said, “It was a cute little storm.” No power outages, no wild winds. Just some rain. Some stupid, piddly rain. I was so disappointed. I got all keyed up for nothing. Believe it or not, I love power outages. They’re so fun and spooky and a great excuse to light candles. But nothing. Isabel’s a party-pooper.

Shopping was loads of fun, though. I’m officially Amber’s style consultant. I helped her redo her wardrobe with the help of Nordstrom Rack and Ross. The only things I got for myself were a really gorgeous deep red satiny skirt, and a black hat that’s really rather fetching. I started out just playing with the hats as a joke, but then I fell in love with a gorgeous beige hat at Nordstrom Rack. Only problem was it was $40. Not *that* gorgeous. So when we went to Ross later that night I found a hat that was cute and only $8, so that made me feel a little teensy bit better.

Last night was Amber’s last night here, which was very sad. But we occupied ourselves by creating a fabulous new blog for her! She’s never blogged, can you believe it? She needs to, cause she’s interesting, funny, all that good stuff. So I made one for her and introduced her to Blogger. She hasn’t published any content on it yet because, well, she’s on a plane right this minute. But she will soon, and you should check it out. Why? Because she’s good people.

Man I’m hungry. You know what would make my day at the spa complete? A big filet mignon from Logan’s Roadhouse, complete with a loaded baked potato. Mmmm. Meeeaat.

In case you haven’t noticed, yes, I am a bit loopy at the moment. I didn’t get much sleep last night, but that’s okay.

My big eBay purchase arrived in the mail on Saturday! I’m very very happy about it – it’s a vintage ad from 1954 featuring Rita Hayworth. It’s really gorgeous. I framed it and now it’s propped up on my desk, right next to my monitor. It’s the perfect reminder of my goal to be the quintessential Anonymous One. Plus, Dean wants to get some 8x10s of me to take to Cannes, and I’m going to ask him if I can have my hair done like Rita Hayworth’s in this ad. It’s so gorgeous, I just love it.

Hooray! Mom just said we can go to Logan’s! I’m happy, my spa day will be complete. Mmmm. A massage, nice cars, and steak. This day has just been way too perfect.

And finally, my interview with Aaron Berman went really well on Thursday. He was loads of fun to talk to and ended up asking me all sorts of questions about the TV show. I like journalists, they’re so much fun.

You know what else is nice about massages? Massage oils; now I smell like cucumbers! 🙂