exhausted, and in need of a shower

today was a looooong day. got up at 7.30, picked up my mom at 8.30, and at 9 we were off to caesaria.

we began the day at the ralli museum - a private museum for south american and spanish artists - and it was PHENOMENAL. THAT is what *I* call an art museum. the most beautiful works, so - many - of - them, in a really stylish (and not too pretentious) building. there was so many incredible paintings and sculptures (incl. the two dali sculptures i saw - fantastic!) that by the time i'd gotten through a quarter of the museum my brain was literally doing backflips. i was completely overloaded, and i couldn't continue to take in what i was seeing.

we had a snack, then went to the roman amphitheatre. very touristy, but a lot of it was most impressive. we watched a finishing ceremony for a unit's basic training, which was amusing, and ran into our wing's secretary... ugghh :/ nevermind. we had a pretty good lunch, and then...

got lost...

trying to find a city supposedly in the area. we drove around for an hour or so, eventually ending up in...

ikea. where i had a really good chocolate mousse, before entering the gauntlet. aside from being generally impressed, and ooh-ing and ah-ing over furniture we weren't going to buy, we walked out with a bedside table, a cute plastic chair, and a metal waste paper basket.

shopping: check.

got to my cousins' place, did some shopping at the local store, had supper, and then drove...

to the mongoose's. not only getting lost, and illegally using my cellphone while driving, but being so and doing so while in the midst of crazy traffic - the road was packed with insane taxi drivers on the rampage. not a good combination for my nerves.

i made it there in one piece (in spite of crappy directions), and we then went to tel aviv university for their student day festivities. VERY nice campus - much better than expected. we bounced around at a really good concert - the grooveatron, and then made an exit.

went to the lizard for a drink - lots of girls, not too many cute ones, crappy music... so i gave him a ride home, and have just gotten home to do some mailing. the dean of the university's computer science department has asked me (and i've accepted) to stand on the stage and lip-sync the 'varsity anthem.

how sweet :)

got to shower now, then it's up early again to go to jerusalem for lunch.