why not?

I was writing to a colleague in Australia.

I wrote...

Hi John,

Then I immediately erased it, and typed instead...

Dear John,

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Working off hours does something to your head!

bride's maid

Recent events had led me to think about why people decide to stop being friends, which paved way to something seemingly more relevant--do we ever stop being friends with someone?

I'd like to think we don't--under the premise of course that there is a certain level of friendship that qualifies the relationship of two people as never ending.

hobbits

I'd like to write about habits.

I had been sharing cab rides with a friend for a while and each time, I wait for as long as I could before giving a specific set of instructions to the cab driver.

And each time we head home, I end up saying it.

Tonight I asked my friend why such is the case.

I was given a question for an answer

You know I would never forget, why do you keep saying it?

I appreciate the point BUT, just how long am I expected to wait for it?

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I have a funny feeling that next time around, just when the cab reaches that specific spot, I would wait (and wait) till I couldn't help it anymore and just say it.

hobbies

I was talking to a friend about hobbies and how, when you think about it specialty stores survive.

It is because hobbyists are a little nuts.

For instance, because I love to sew, I have five different colored tailor's chalks. Who needs five? I don't. But I got them all. I would have gotten more if there were more colors available.

People who love to do something would give in to little things that potentially could improve their craft.

I love how at times I get a little crazy about sewing that I can't think of anything but what I am going to sew. But at the same note, I am quite thankful that I had not gone mad and gotten an industrial button hole maker, serger, embroidering and sewing monster.

Of course it is not without saying that any day now, I will reward myself with an adjustable mannequin. Why not? :)

the verdict

The doctor told me that it was in fact, my lymph node that was swollen and painful. She said that the cause in an infection, specifically in the head area such as ears, nose, scalp--what have you.

As I didn't have any rash, cut, colds or any other potential cause/symptom of the infection, there was no other way but wait it out. She gave me antibiotics and if upon finishing the prescription my lymph node stays center of attention, I would need to get an x-ray.

I no longer have a fever, but my head is throbbing.

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I managed to get a pearl shake after the doctor's appointment.

It reminded me of going home with my nanny when I was a kid, carrying a bottle of honey after visiting my pediatrician for routine check up. I would ask him each time if he could please prescribe honey for me to take a tablespoon every night. And he always did :)

Maybe that is the root of my sweet tooth. He must not like my dentist ;)

do you see what i see?

I saw a bus with an ad for a fruit juice. It said...

VISUAL GOODNESS YOU CAN SEE

I thought well, if that is the case, there is NO WAY of missing it. LOL.

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Something funny to help me forget my painful lymph node.

Okay, I know I am not supposed to decide what my physical condition is, but I bothers me so much that I could not help but look it up.

I hope it is Monday already, so I can go to the clinic and get some answers.

turn around...

I can't.

I have a two day old stiff neck and I can hardly wait for the morning I wake up to a pain free neck.

My stiff neck is also accompanied with occasional headaches, light fever and a bump on the neck. They say sometimes, when you have the flu, you get these bumps--hence the doctor feels for it whenever you go for a check up. Did I mention that the bump hurts too? Well, only if you press on it. And as I am not really not bothered by it, I keep feeling for it.

I am going to the doctor first thing tomorrow morning.

In the meantime, I am staying in bed all day long--without a pillow, face up, in savasana position.