Everyone's already mentioned my bland food ideas but I hope you feel better soon, Tep.

ION, a job just fell in my lap.

Congrats, -t! If you don't mind my asking, how's everything else going? House and DH and life in general... ? I've missed seeing you around the board.

Snuggles close to Nicole since she smells so pretty and smoke free.

Sweet! Laura snuggles are another great reason to keep the quit. I'll add it to my list. And thanks again to everyone for the support. It means so very much to me.

Poor, tired Juliana. We need to set you up with a massage or something.

I really don't want to go into debt for what the ass't. director at my library calls "the most expensive union card you can buy " ( an MLS for those that don't know)

I've heard this a lot, and it drives me craxy. This may be true of some schools, but I learned so much at mine. It is certainly possible to learn much of what you need through on the job training, but I still think that grad school can be invaluable.

I was kind of lost after undergrad. I was sick of school, but didn't really know what to do with a history degree. I spent about 6 years in and out of dead end jobs. I didn't know it until I got there, but going back to grad school was the best decision ever.

Okay, I have decided on soft-boiled eggs. My question is -- because I'm really bad at this -- what's the least messy way to crack them and extract the soft-boiled guts?

I like the having a ball part, juliana. And the taking a nap part.

Everything else is swell, Nicole. The house is wonderful, it feels like home, though there are a lot of boxes still to unpack. DH is great and enjoying the working from home thing. I'm a little bit off, but I feel like all I do is complain so I'm not going to right now.

I took the bold step of unsubscribing from a bunch of closed threads today, so I'm thinking I'll be a more active poster...

If you hold it steady with the big end down, ideally but not necessarily in an egg cup, you can whack it near the top with the side of a spoon and basically slice the top off. Then you can eat it out of the top. That's what we did when I was a kid in England. Or, you can break it like you would a raw egg, and scrape out the innards, which isn't nearly as much fun.

Is that what egg cups are for? Are those common?

They were common in Europe, at least in the places I went, in the 70s. I've seen them around in the US, in homes and stores, but I haven't seen them used much. I don't have any, but if I'm in the mood for soft boiled, I usually default to poached.

I finally cashed in my birthday gift certificate and had my massage today! I started with a sauna with eucalyptus oil. Very nice. Then a 45-minute deep tissue massage. Deep tissue, as in This Ain't No Pleasure Cruise. There was some pain involved at points during the massage, but now I feel GREAT. No more cramps, and my neck feels like it's 3 inches longer.

Earlier I mentioned my intention to BART to the city tomorrow late afternoon and DH's push to drive.

Well, BART would cost $18.60 round trip for the three of us, while driving we can take the carpool lane, we are doing a reverse commute and the Civic Center parking lot is close to our destination. Short of finding on street parking, the Civic Center lot is darned inexpensive - $2.00 per hour.

Looks like we may be driving...

Favorite bland food: pastina in chicken broth cooked to a poridge consistency

t: wooooooooooooooooo hoooooooooooo. tell h I hope the commute isn't killing him

j: you bad-ass

egg cups: I first (and only) used them in England on my post-college trip. Until that point I thought they were some old fashioned thing in books and didnt' exist anymore

Libkitty: check your mail saturdayish