all in

so the big news of the day? the boss explained to me that it's not that i'm asking for something i didn't get; rather they forgot to mention my options when we discussed terms. apparently my package - presuming i get my permit and get working - is quite respectable and will be extended annually based on my performance.

and speaking of performance, i've been informed that they're so far very excited about the potential i'm showing.

good.

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i got up on time this morning, to a dreamlike (fantasy, for a teenage girl) pink bedroom, what with the sun shining through the red curtains* and the pink punishment sheets my aunt loaned us. what a difference getting up, breakfasting, and dressing in our own space makes! and getting to the office from this side of the city is an absolute pleasure: straight into the metro, and relatively few people. in both directions.

* pg's had me working all evening; she found thick pale-green curtains that we put up instead, and i put together most of the chest of drawers. most, not all, because i was hammering away when i suddenly realized it was 9pm. i *really* hope i didn't annoy anyone :$

the weather today was magic: amazing how only a few short weeks turns 14 degrees from chilly to a warm, pleasant day!

i spent a large part of my day pouring over my work permit and trying to figure out what's where and how it should be phrased. i feel like i'm earning the $2500 i'm saving by not using an immigration lawyer :P

note for the day: i hope it lasts well into my employment, this sensation that reality is bending towards the way things need to be. every time i lay out a plan it seems to fit with what's been done before, or corrects it in a way that makes people say "ah, of course". after twelve years of irrationality, it kinda feels like a dream come true. and i can't get the expression out of my head, that "it is difficult to soar with eagles when you work with turkeys".

pg really outdid herself with tonight's dinner. watching her ironing the curtains was amusing. i can't believe that we have two nights left together before she returns to israel for a month and a half to pack our old lives into boxes and say goodbye.