really, really in the army

okay - long, long day.

yesterday, after i got to karnaf's place, i slept and slept (and watched
some movies) and slept until 6.15... i made it out of the apartment
just in time, but was almost at the base before realizing that i'd
forgotten all my important documents.

brilliant.

fortunately, i didn't need it at the induction base - same guys from
yesterday, sorted me out in 2 seconds. see what a personal call can
do?

i got sent to the main base in tel aviv, but took a little longer than
i should have as i made the detour to pick up my things. which i
definitely, definitely needed. i love making good calls.

the rest of the day would have been a lot of fun, if i hadn't been
carrying my kit-bag, and if it hadn't been so hot and icky, and if i
hadn't been under time pressure.
i couldn't stop sweating, which increased my general discomfort.
t'wasn't lovely at all.

anyway, the day began with an interview, where the guy was kind enough
to speak in english for most of it. nice guy, heads the unit that MY
unit is a branch of. i got into the unit!

that's actually the main news for the day. the rest of the afternoon
was what they call "form hiking", where you go from office to office
trying to get the right forms filled out. of interest:

the personal-situation commander (what she's going to be) discovered
that the academic corps FORGOT to inform the system that i'd returned
to service.
excellent.

the medical offices are outside the base, quite far away. i walked all
the way there, got a signature, and walked all the way back.

only to get sent all the way back to get the second signature.
DOH!

i completed everything at 16.10, and was promptly instructed to be on
the base in ramat gan at 16.00.
yeah, right.
so, i did my best, and got there at 16.55, just before my commander
(no more "potential") left, and he introduced me to some of the guys,
showed me my desk and pc, and explained what sunday will be like.

sunday will be exactly like today, only on a different base.

also, my kit-bag has been banned from the base (it's considered
offensive), and i've been instructed to come to the base on sunday
with my beret properly prepared (it's new): so i'm now sitting and
shaving it with a disposable razor, and tomorrow i'll find a suitable
container to soak it in.

i finally taught myself to do the laces on the boots properly, so i'm
rather proud, and at some point today i got back into soldier-mode, so
i reckon i'm going to be okay.

now, i get a weekend!

i walked in to my cousins' place, and was told i looked "cute". NOBODY gets pictures,
that's the third person to make that comment. my feelings are hurt.