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today i did two things that i've been meaning to do but lately have been talking myself out of: making pasta from scratch and doing my nails. it's funny.. i'll be watching a tv show and noticing someone's nails.. thinking "hey, nice nails would be nice" but then i tell myself i have to do dishes, laundry, or name a chore.. then it just never happens.

as for the pasta, i kind of see why i talk myself out of that one. it is a lot of fun to make but it is time consuming. i must've spent an hour and a half making a batch for tonight's dinner.

SPECIAL SHOUT OUT to my long time TX friend who is thinking about getting an LJ account but doesn't want to get caught up in social networking as a teacher :)

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yes, i said ear wash. a few months ago when i first started to battle allergy symptoms, a product of living in this new area for a few years, i was advised to get my ears cleaned by my GP. 

i finally got around to it today. the nurse said they had a new instrument.. not just a water pic that they used to use.. and it would spray water into the ear canal at just the right temperature and pressure. then it would vacuum the water and remains out. i was a bit apprehensive looking at this thing which was the size of a handblender and had 1/2 inch diameter clear plastic tubing.

it felt really good. kind of like getting an inner ear massage. the water was warm and it felt like my inner ear itch (allergy symptom) was finally being scratched.

there you have it. this might be the world's first ear wash review.

this morning i woke up and found myself reminiscing back to my HS trip to europe. mainly the song "aux champs elysee" that our british tour guide taught us on our tour bus. i was trying to convince myself this morning that it was the only song we learned.. i think that's right.

anyway, i have not heard this song since being in paris.

and tonight.. guess what song is playing at the closing credits of "the darjeeling limited". amazing when stuff like that happens.

i'm about to put together a cashew chicken salad for my book club. we're having a pot luck and our last book was "the five people you meet in heaven". a very quick and entertaining read i might add.

seems like the book club membership has changed. in one of my earlier posts, i was worried that the club wouldn't stick together. it has.. but one person left and isn't coming back. the others still seem to be with it and aren't fazed by that one person leaving. i think one lady can't make it tonight but i'm making up for that by bringing along brit, my coworker. 

this week has been wild as far as managing my time and energy. almost every night this week i've had some kind of commitment. it's like this train that keeps on going and i just want to step off! but i must remind myself..book club is enjoyable.

during a busy work week, what takes up most of your time after work? 

i know for me it's my e-mails and LJ. and if it's not that it's preparing dinner.

i want to work in more time for piano and reading.. but it just seems too hard to make time for! i'm thinking about setting myself a time limit for the computer.

i've dropped the LJ habit lately. i can spend hours on LJ if you let me. once you find your communities on here you feel compelled to read the latest.. and of course they're geared towards your interests.. so it can just suck you in.

so far i've been to the dentist twice this week. i've had this weird lower jaw soreness that's lasted several days. immediately i start thinking i've got some kind of tooth problem. keep me away from webmd because i think i use that to come up with absolute worst case scenarios about what could be going on. but what else is there to do before a scheduled appointment? 

anyway, after poking my gums, tapping my teeth, sending electric pulses into my gumline with the intent of causing pain, the dentists think i just have an inflamed jaw. but to be safe, they replaced one of old fillings. so right now my left side of my face is still a bit numb and i'm about to eat some lukewarm mashed potatoes. ahh.. the glamorous life.

my career resumes next week. i am pretty 50/50 on that. it's kind of neat seeing the new faces and having some kind of routine again. one cannot loaf around forever without feeling a little useless! i'm hoping i deal with job stress a lot better next year. it's a goal anyway..