Jeaniep takes a Peppermint Aromatherapy Bath
A Punishwork Assignment

By Jeaniep

One day, Jeaniep got in trouble with Miss Charli, the craving management teacher. As punishment, Miss Charli assigned her to take and report on a peppermint aromatherapy bath.

Jeaniep was confused. What part of the bath should she report on? How descriptive should she be? Wouldn't that give her report a PG rating – or worse?! Jeaniep thought and thought.

Suddenly, she leapt from her computer. "I know what to do!' Jeaniep exclaimed. Her two cats looked at her oddly. "I'll report on MAKING the bath rather than TAKING it!' she told them as they glided from the room.

"Now what kind of pepper should I use?' she wondered. Jeaniep opened her spice cupboard. There were cayenne pepper, black pepper, white pepper, and a blend of many kinds of pepper flakes. "I'll use them all, then I'm bound to have the right one!'

Mint. She remembered a little bottle of mint extract in the kitchen and knew there was a patch of mint growing in the back yard. Another decision! Jeaniep decided to use both, putting the extract with the spices on her bathroom vanity and then going to the garden to gather a bunch of mint.

"Hi, Jeaniep!' her neighbour greeted her. "Whatcha doing? Making a mint sauce?'

Jeaniep's eyes widened. "No, is that what you're supposed to do with this stuff?'

"Sure!' Her friendly neighbour told her the steps in making mint sauce.

"This bath sure is getting complicated,' Jeaniep thought, writing from her neighbour's dictation. "I'm never going to shoot a spitwad at Miss Charlie again.'

But she returned to the kitchen to chop her mint and add the broth, vinegar, shallots, sugar, cornstarch, and salt and pepper. "It's a good thing I'm bathing in this,' she chuckled to herself. "It definitely isn't ff-friendly!' When the sauce was ready, she put the pan beside the bottles in her bathroom. "No, this isn't for you!' she told her eager puppy, who had followed the cooking process hopefully.

She ran the bathwater and added the peppers. "I can see why they call this AROMAtherapy,' she muttered, sneezing three times. The two cats watched from safe perches on the cupboard. Then she added the mint sauce and stirred it together. Finally she added half the bottle of mint extract.

"That smells nice,' she thought, sniffing the cap. "Where have I smelled that before?' She pondered a moment, then grinned. "Candycanes! This smells just like the candycanes I had on the Christmas tree last year!'

Jeaniep ran to the big hall cupboard. There at the back was her box of Christmas decorations. "I hope I packed the candycanes in here...' She tore off the lid and rummaged through the box.

An angel got tossed out first, followed by a fluffy tinsel garland that the puppy immediately dragged off to his bed. Drummer boys and carollers flew hither and yon. The cats batted at each new toy as it whizzed by. And there, in the corner of the box, was a small plastic bag filled with candy canes. "YES!' Jeaniep chortled. She grabbed the bag and returned to her bath.

Unwrapping each candy, she tossed them into the bathtub. Then she stood back and surveyed her aromatherapy bath.

The water was murky. The beef broth and Kitchen Bouquet had turned it brown, and the chopped mint and shallots gave it a greenish cast. Bits of pepper flake floated on the surface, and the candy canes had disappeared. Between the peppers, the shallots, and the mints, the room had acquired an odor that had never graced any bathroom ever before. The puppy sniffed and sneezed, looking worried.

Jeaniep sighed. "Oh, well, it's probably like that LLC and will be good for me even if it isn't very good. I might as well get this thing over with.' She turned on the jets of her bath.

Water began shooting out and bubbling. Candycanes cracked and crunched as they were sucked into the mechanism. Mint leaves and shallots spewed from the jets in giant brownish-green froth. Jeaniep covered her ears as a loud metallic screech sent the cats and puppy scurrying from the room. The machine ground to a halt, whining into silence.

Jeaniep flicked the power button on and off, to no avail. Her jacuzzi wouldn't work.

The bill came to $184.75 exactly, including the brandy.

The End

YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS!!! And way too many non fat flush friendly things in your kitchen!!!

Rolling on the floor laughing!!! This was great, thanks for sharing your homework,lol!!!!

OH.... HOLDING MY STOMACH FROM LAUGHING. Thanks for the exercise. Anybody know how to move her post to the "giggle" area?

Jeanie you are such a great writer. Thanks for sharing!

PS what kind of Brandy? (big smile!)

Abbie

Imagination: A+
Following instructions: C
Having brandy in house during P1 & 2: F
Giving Teacher belly laugh: A+++
Final Grade: Pending.
Please submit amended report. Follow instructions for aromatherapy bath (use local references: i.e., the lovely search feature) and report on a) did bath help deter cravings? b) name of book you took with you to chortle over, and c) did puppy join you in the bath to the amusement and disdain of the local feline population?
For Extra Credit, describe jacuzzi repairman and how you explained the damage.

laugher aside, I want to emphasize a key point when it comes to cravings...If you eat dinner later in the evening then you can have TWO afternoon P1 veggie helpings and none after dinner, because you are presumably in bed [}] like this:
7:30am: Breakfast
10am: Snack
12:30: Lunch
3pm: Snack
5pm: Snack
7:30pm: Dinner
10pm: Bed

Specific times of day don't matter as much as eating something every 2-3 hours. [] You can do that, can't you? [)]

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charli
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"Failure is giving up what we want MOST for what we want NOW."

I love this thread!

Jeaniep - you are too funny I nominate you as our class clown (in every good sense of the term )

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Sheri
215/210/140

Sheri,

You are so right!

Charli, Henpecked, & Jean are hilarious & talented writers.

Cindy

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, Miss Chaaaaaaarli........
I'm not having any cravings today! Do I still gotta take another peppermint bath? The last one cost me the DVD player I had my eye on!

Well, ok. I think I still have some candy canes left.
And I do have lots of funny books (recommended: E.F. Benson's Lucia series, in paperback. So witty and delightful!).
Puppy evacuated the room when spewing began; feline 1 hid behind the toilet, hissing; feline 2 jumped into the clothes hamper.

As for the repairman, what I mostly remember was the view his low-slung pants afforded of his hind end, which could have used FF help. I think he thinks I'm into some weird religious stuff...does FF count? I've kind of been converted, after all...
jean

The assignment, grasshopper, was - at the next sign of cravings (for off-plan foods) to take an aromatherapy bath instead and report on the experience.
I'm sure I'm not the only one looking forward to your report. [}][)]
heh heh

[}] Yeah, Jean, Why don't you just do what Miss Charli says…and do the assignment!

From:
Cindy FAWN! [)]