saint nicholas day! have fond memories of waiting for sinterklaas and his 3 black peters to come ashore at the piasau boat club
was on a sickie today. or mc in otherspeak. 'twas nice.
visited my doctor - last time checkup was circa 2006. got mc, bunch of meds and also had a pap smear done. wanted to refuse the meds - but i was afraid she wouldn't give me the mc - so i took them obediently. then went to medifoods to have some of their luicha - also got a bunch of dry goods for my sustainable pantry. some of which featured in tonight's macrobiotic dinner: brown rice + red quinoa (which i made a big pot of on sunday to last through the week). made a super yummy soup with kombu, wolfberries and dried shitake - with just a pinch of rock salt for flavoring. looking forward to the millet dumplings i got from medifoods for wednesday dinner. :P
feel that i'm losing my sense of balance back here with work and social activities consuming about 99% of my time. don't get me wrong - it's great to be back in the valley. but sometimes you just have to hit the PAUSE button. get centered - as they would say in yoga.
had 2 amazing sessions of bikram hot yoga this past week - unfortunately the studio is tied in with true fitness which is one of those gyms that make their money by signing members up for a min. 1 year package. something in me just refuses to buy into such products that arm twist their customers into loyalty. honestly - if you are that wonderful - there is no reason for you to demand customers sign up for 1 year, or to only buy your brand alone.
but it has made me want to start doing yoga on a regular basis again. going to try out manassa yoga - which is closer and less of a parking nightmare as well.
have been using a new cleaning service. yesterday's cleaner was excellent. but the manager wants me into take her on as a weekly. i prefer the flexibility of having house cleaned only fortnightly at times ... how now brown cow?
would love to stay and write some more but i need to go sort some laundry. it's back to the grindstone tomorrow.