where to now, charlie brown?

i slept extremely well last night. unfortunately, my morning wasn't so great. it involved my computer going down to an unrelenting barrage of pop-up ads from hell, and then me dropping my fully-stocked and semi-open toiletries bag in the loo.

good grief!

lucky dropped me off at the base - about half a minute before my usual bus arrived: "hey! weren't you on the bus?!"

firstly, we sort-of dealt with the problems from yesterday. then we discovered a ton o' problems in our old systems. and then we began some more of that always-welcome learning the new systems.

fortunately, i got given a break, and i went off singing (beautiful morning, i had my mp3 player) to pay my electricity bill. then it was back in time for lunch.

lunch. huh! we had to fight for food today; they simply forgot to feed us. and the food they eventually brought through was crap. after 'lunch', i went with the dude to roll my own cigarette (it's way more fun), and i surprised myself with my creation. and i put in a decent filter, which is a first.
due to it looking a bit suspicious, we decided to take it all a step further and found an abandoned underground tunnel on the base to smoke in. i'm definitely going back there with my spraypaint >:D

once i got back, the kid and i spent the afternoon solving problems in the new systems. they're actually quite well put-together, and it was enjoyable!

the afternoon minus about an hour or so, that is. we had an ultra-boring set of speeches. at least the munchies they provided were alright. i swiped a quarter-watermelon for one of the guys in my team, and he didn't want it, so i used that to pass the time during queries :P

i left late to continue working on a fix, then made my way home. i've just finished a load of washing, am entering the shower, and then it's off to work.