Lotus Blossom was excited, but also a little nervous. Gardenia Glow had taken her first day off in a long time and had left Lotus Blossom in charge of the spa for the day. She was determined to do a great job. Maybe if she did a good enough job, Gardenia Glow would leave her in charge more often!
After getting cleaned up and ready for work, she ate a refreshing grapefruit and then hurried over to open the spa. It was a beautiful day, so she decided to set up the outdoor facial stations and the sunbathing loungers.
As Lotus was getting the outdoor area set up, she noticed that the market stalls were being set up down the street. The spa was only half a block from the market square, so on nice market days they often got extra business from ponies coming to shop. She found the special summer market day sandwich sign to stand up on the sidewalk in front of the spa.
Lotus started getting soothing concoctions mixed and ready for the day. There were facial muds to cool and massage oils to warm. She was cutting up vegetables (both for treatments and as easy to eat healthy snacks) when Aloe came in to start her workday. Lotus gave her a basket and some bits and sent her to the market square to buy some lemons and fresh berries to infuse refreshing spring water with. Infused water was always popular with customers, especially on warm summer days!
Lotus Blossom was pleased with her preparations. It was definitely going to be a great day!