long, crappy day - but all's well that ends well

yesterday:

bright and early, narrowly making the bus after a too-fast walk to the station... not a good start when the weather's averaging hell's temperatures.

had very little work to do, so i spent a lot of the day reading neil stephenson - the diamond age, which is interesting, but not much to speak of storywise... so far, at least. couldn't finish my humus ful lunch, and i've become more and more desperate for siesta as the days wear on. had to fix something with the new kid, and we were told we could leave as soon as it was done.

it didn't take very long :)

i wasted half an hour of my life waiting to get permission to wear running shoes while my boots went in for repairs... and i never got it. played GREAT volleyball for the next couple of hours, thoroughly enjoyed myself, and went home to shower and got to sleep.

as i lay down, opened my book, and started on the first sentence, the dog called to say he'd returned. so i met up with him for pool and coffee, and then we went to the lizard, to chat with the mongoose for a bit. t'was fun. drank too much.

today:

i got to bed around 1.30am. not good.

awoke at 6.20, and had another crappy day. we haven't had a working aircon for days, and our office has become an oven. our commander left, we were contacted with an ENORMOUS bug, and had a severely stressful afternoon. went to check up on the status of my boots - nothing doing - so i got them to give me a pair to use in the meantime... very nice shiny new boots, one size larger, one size more comfortable. i think i'll keep 'em :)

we were forced to go to a lecture on volunteering to help the blind. the guy who spoke was not only boring, but his hebrew is almost as bad as mine... and i have enough trouble with talks in hebrew. by the time i got out of there, i was totally crazy, and totally pissed off.

took the bus home, made it to the bank in time to cash my paycheque. the queue was too long to sit around for, so i went out, had a cup of coffee, and returned just in time. corrected some things on my account, and am nothing less than completely satisfied with the outcome of the day.

i have tons of work to do, so i'm going to run a washload, read for an hour or so, sleep maybe, and do it when i'm back in the game.