cinderella em

today my mom recruited me to wax her pride and joy, the pristine but dusty hardwood floor in the dining room. the one reserved only for our honored guests. boy was it fun...I was on my hands and knees wiping vigorously for over an hour to acheive the brilliant shine that is so esteemed of waxed hardwood floors. i think i wiped so hard I nearly had a heart attack. I felt short of breath, i was getting all dizzy (it could be from the fumes coming off the durawax too). Anyway, after an hour, the fruit of my labor? the freakin floor LOOKS THE SAME!!!!!! If I squint hard enough, I might be able to see some difference, but that could also be because I wanted to see a difference so bad, I might have conjured it up in my imagination.
oh well...just hope my mom can appreciate that i still did it. even though the results were really quite underwhelming.

in other news, last night i took my folks and auntie out to Tower Oaks Lodge, a supposedly fabulous best kept secret of Rockville. It was not bad, I think my mom really enjoyed the food there, which in itself should say something since she is an extremely critical culinary artist. the highlights were, raw tuna diced into cubes and served in a martini glass, savory trout buried under a blanket of mushrooms and tomatoes, lobster dipped in buttery garlicy oil, and delicious maple creme brulee to finish off the meal. I got greedy and ordered a haagen daaz ice cream, not suspecting that they would serve almost a quarter pint. it was humongous. i had trouble finishing it off to be honest and staggered out filled to the brim. Overall a good dinner, if on the pricey side. I'm glad my family enjoyed it. We made a pact to begin trying out all the area restaurants in Bethesda or DC, I mean, why not? I hope to spend more QT with my folks before I'm headed off to med school in 11 months.

So now it's Saturday and I'm at the lab doing some crappy old thing for my experiment. This is like the 15th time I'm doing this procedure. If the results are good though, maybe my boss will be happy. I've been here for over 10 months and I haven't been able to come up with anything overly spectacular. It's high time something comes out of my research. It's quiet at the lab...it's only me myself and I.

Tonight I'm gonna go check out The Prestige. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman, what's not to love? I think i will enjoy mightily the sight of these two hotties go at each other with their magical prowess. Will be perfectly happy to provide a review of this movie tomorrow, of course. Stay tuned, my faithful bloggees.