cool and in control

the dog and i both got up early to train this morning, and then it hit me that we had inspection, so it wasn't a good idea. i made it in time to the base, polished my boots, and went down to the yard.

the mongoose arrived. removed his chain from his neck. i remembered to check my neck for my dog tags... which weren't there. i'd left them in my bag.

so i ran away from inspection, disappearing *just* before the discipline officers arrived.

a short while later, i receive an email from the mongoose. he'd forgotten his off-base pass at home, but decided that unlike me, he was going to be a man and take his punishment. and now he's in big shit, and pissed off that i didn't get caught - even though the discipline officers spent the morning going round the base trying to find the people who ditched the inspection.

this morning went well for me ^_^

i spent the day doing all sorts of interesting things, and would have been quite satisfied had that been the end of it. but just before the end of the day, our commander took me aside and informed me that from sunday until halfway through september (at least), i am officially the team commander.

BOOYAH!

so i'm rather chuffed. though not entirely surprised. but still.

had a couple of amusing incidents with some girls on the base today - one of them (a particularly foxy young thing) seems quite annoyed to have seen me loitering with a girl i've been friendly with for ages... i can't help hoping this might go somewhere.

i cashed a check today that was almost due to be invalidated (i received it in february), and then went to the dog's, to go shopping with him and his grandmother. bought all sorts of stuff i needed, got to the checkout, and the cashier wiped out the NIS 120 that was in my account. by accident.

so we waited there for half an hour while the manager sorted everything out. was frustrating, and pointless, yet amusing.

had supper (croissants, and watermelon with bulgarian cheese), a super-fast shower, and here i am at work.

not complaining.