in shock

yesterday:

woke up at 9am for laundry, after a quiet... too quiet... night. did some tidying, (re)constructed my styling bedside table, and went to the cousins' for lunch.

it was a nice, really nice lunch and afternoon. good to see all the family, generally had fun. but she was there, without her boyfriend, and she - looked - absolutely - stunning. it actually *hurt* to see her looking so good, even though i really wouldn't get back together with her. but SO sexy.

slept a bit in the evening, then went to her parents for drinks. was very nice, except she looked even cuter. taught her little brother a thing or two about tekken :)

afterwards, i went to the lizard. the bartender looked seriously foxy, but aside from knowing that after the first 3 seconds i met her that she wasn't interested in sleeping with me ever, she was ALL OVER the mongoose. and i don't feel sorry for him (he's whining about the big internal struggle 'cause he has a girlfriend), because he didn't stop flirting with her.

the party was filled with unimpressive girls - probably just relative to her - and the music was mediocre. i'd promised him a ride home, so at 4am we left to pick up his girlfriend and have 4.30 breakfast somewhere in dizengoff.

got home 5.30am. woke up at 8.30, took my mom to the mall. did some serious shopping. then went to SSSO's for lunch. she has the most gorgeous little girl (about 7 months), and it was really nice not only to catch up, but for her to meet my mom in an informal setting.

during the visit, sammy called, and let me know his wife's expecting.

WOW.

i'm seriously happy for them.

also during the visit (unbeknownst to us), SSSO's grandmother passed away. when we left, we ran into her husband who'd come to break the news. that SERIOUSLY brought the day down. these things are always hard, and aside from a few really girls things, she and her family have had a rough ride the last couple of years - i spent the evening (and i'm still by and large) feeling really sorry for them :(

late afternoon, finally made it to the shop to claim NIS 120 for being a lonely soldier. after a rough start (they'd cancelled my entitlement), we managed to sort everything out, and bought tons of stuff i need - and it came out to NIS 117. so i'm satisfied with that.

i've organized with my section commander to bring my mother to the base tomorrow to meet him (and the rest of the crew) - it's kind of a warped birthday present (i did NOT forget her birthday this year, but i figure we're on holiday together properly for the first time ever, so getting a gift is probably overkill :P).

i missioned to tel aviv to pick up the dog. we've just had supper, he's helped me unload some more stuff into my apartment (which is looking EVER so decent), and we're now on the way to a farewell party for a coworker...