on eggs, the army, and a tan

chocolaty goodness

horrible, horrible wake-up. i got to bed around 3.30, after shaving and showering. my alarm didn't even enter my dreams for a full ten minutes, and then it was a serious rush to wake up SxS and get dressed. he dropped me off at a good bus stop, and i hopped on a bus that happened to contain the kid. we then took a walk to the meeting place on the highway - they have a place there that provides free breakfast and coffee to soldiers, which was awesome.

we got picked up, and had a long drive up north. we struggled on the puzzle a bit (i'd memorized it), but to no avail.

we arrived at an AWESOME, HUGE base to go and see our systems in action. some of it was boring, some was a lot of fun. it's a beautiful base, with fantastic fighter-girls all over the place. and tanks and things everywhere. i could handle being on a working base ^_^

breakfast in the major's office was good. we learned all sorts of things about what we're going to be doing, and it definitely wasn't a waste. got to see a bit of the real army, too - that felt good.

and extremely amusing: sucking on an easter egg while walking through the base; everyone was certain it was a real one :P

then we changed into civvies and took another long drive. we got to some mountainous nature reserve, and had a really good (and soggy) hike. we stopped for a solid meal, then hiked back down to sit at a pool with a nargila and good coffee for a couple of hours.

overall - a really nice day. our new team is great, and we didn't stop talking and laughing the entire day. it's an unbelievable improvement over the last group!

i discovered today that the guy who interviewed me expects me to simply rock up and begin working tomorrow ^_^
i'm really excited!

looooong drive back south, the kid and i singing along to his mp3 player.

*pause* i just got a phone call from my new TL to crap on me for not calling to tell him i got home safe... i told him that next time he should make sure that i understand that that's what's required of me :P
cute.
*end pause*

we split up at ramat aviv, and i took the bus to the city officer. i wanted to see a doctor (not feeling 100%), and i got told that i could only see one around 1am. sod off! so i came home. now i'm going to shower, and then it looks like some pool is in order.

apropos the puzzler: turns out we overcomplicated the riddle, and we had the right idea the first time we tried! we just never completed it! NOOOOOOOO!