We spent the weekend in beautiful Estes Park and Boulder and it was very cold, so we ended up at the Celestial Seasonings tea factory and signed up for the tour.
There was a lovely room where you can sample all kinds of teas and coffees while you wait for your tour to start.
We hadn't been eating very healthfully on our trip - a lot of cooked food, a lot of complex carbs, etc. You know how it goes on trips.
Well I was a bit crampy and constipated and I started to get a little anxious about being on the tour for so long.
When we went into the theater to watch the film, the tour guide came in and announced that once we were let into the factory WE COULD NOT EXIT or use a bathroom until the end of the tour, for 45 minutes up to an hour. She said if it was an emergency, she would have to escort you out.
She also said that we may go to the restroom during the film because after that we'd be in the factory!
That definitely started the wheels turning in my brain! I had a couple of mini panic attacks right there and then just thinking about it!
ROFL!!! During the 10 minute film I slipped out to use the facilities (for the third time, just to make sure) and came back, still a little anxious and panicky, but I used the methods to calm myself down.
So the tour started and I did GREAT. There was one moment in the beginning of the tour where we were around an overwhelming smell of lemongrass that I was feeling a little anxious because she was really going on and on but I did just fine.
And then in the mint room I was pretty much surrounded by the other tourists, I mean I was smack in the middle of everyone, breathing in strong mint and my eyes burning, but I stuck it out like a trooper and not one tinge of anxiety.
I was very proud if I do say so myself. :p
If I can do this, anyone can.
P.S. I forgot to mention that while the tour guide was talking about how we wouldn't be able to leave, and when the movie started playing, I was actually considering staying behind while my family went ahead on the tour. I'm glad I didn't follow through on that ridiculous plan, I would have ruined it for myself and everyone else!