public transport... yeah...

i don't know how to describe how aweful waking up so early really was.

i got to the central bus station, and met up with one of the girls from the armoury. i realized, after a few arbitrary sentences, that i couldn't actually continue to speak with her without caffeine, so i said goodbye, and got myself coffee and a muffin. and read until the bus came.

long bus to jerusalem, read a lot. rushed to the bus to elazar, spent the next hour trying to rest a bit.

got to the synagogue at 9.30, everyone else came half an hour late. amongst them, my favourite teacher from the programme i came here on in 1996. it was a really, really nice ceremony, and it was great seeing all these people i haven't spoken to in ages. family friends, but friendlies nonetheless.

the food was great.

i got a ride to a bus shelter in efrat, where i read while waiting for the next bus - an hour and a half later. at one point, i got up for a cigarette, and noticed that a spider had had enough time to spin a web between me and the bench, which i ripped completely.

i read all the way to jerusalem. had a quick bite to eat and then got on the bus to tel aviv. read most of the way, standing up, then caught a few z's sitting in the aisle.

arrived in tel aviv around 4pm, and convinced our team leader to let me NOT come back to the base. i bussed home, which took a while, got some clothing, went to the bank, then bussed to the lincoln, where the dog and i played some pool with a friend of his.

i then bussed to work.

work was quite pleasant. sammy and i talked for a while, i finally caught up on my work mail, and then we began. i got calls from those people who need to return their pc's due to incompetence. some of them could barely speak english. and some of the problems were just plain weird. aside from that, the shift was pleasant. i left and bussed straight to the dog's, and we're now off to the balcony for some rock and alcohol. after this week, i *NEED* a strong drink.

and i need to forget that today happened. the bus parts, at least.