shining eyes

today began as most army mornings begin for me. except for the bit where i watched cartoons (ok, the 2nd episode of gargoyles) while eating trix and drinking coffee. that was nice.

i got to the base, and for the first time was allowed through the spot check because the girl on duty trusted me when i told her i had everything. and i did. as usual.

ran into my team leader on the way to my office, who gave me interesting instructions, the result of which led me on a merry treasure-hunt through the base. i did a bit of work, laughed at the dog who's now really lost his soldier's id... and had to REQUEST punishment in order to get it replaced.

hee hee.

one last job before leaving the base led me to work with the sexiest girl on the base. sweet too, i can't say i didn't enjoy the experience.

and then it was off to the induction base. to be a techie for the day. the guys i had to work with were helpful, and i spent most of the day installing a win2k server with the most enjoyable deployment tool i've ever worked with (it's hp's, and it's NICE). i got a hell of a lot of reading done.

by the time i got out of there, it was pointless to return to my base, so i headed straight home. i got home at 5.30, and had to be at azrieli center at 6 to be picked up to go to the wedding. talk about a rush. and i was trying desperately not to sweat. it's not polite to be smelly when arriving at a wedding.

hurriedly showered and got dressed, and went out. got into a cab, and suddenly realized that i'd left my phone at home. i JUMPED out the cab, and SPRINTED home (i had ten minutes to get to our rendezvous).

i flagged a taxi, who drove ATROCIOUSLY to stop for me. and then bitched about the person who'd hooted at him, and said it was because it was a woman.
i let him have it. i told him EXACTLY what i thought of his driving, AND his attitude. he kept his mouth shut for the rest of the drive.

i hadn't been called, so i went into the center and bought a card... while writing in the card, i realized i had no idea what the bride's name is. SHIT. instant panic. what does one do in this situation??

so i started calling up friends to get them to check my mail for me. the dog was guarding, sammy was driving. i was standing at the shelter talking to the wolf, when i tried to straddle a post to sit down and fell over backwards. i blame the state i was in. i fell really badly, grazing my elbows and back - but managed to keep talking on the phone the whole time. as the wolf was getting somewhere, i heard my phone beep an incoming call, and hurriedly cut the conversation on the assumption that it was the guys who were coming to pick me up.

it turned out to be sammy. so i called him and told him how inconsiderate he'd been - and i knew he'd only called out of curiosity. whatever, not exactly his fault.

i spent the next few minutes dusting myself off and cleaning blood, and then got picked up. it was an interesting drive to the venue.

the wedding was REALLY nice. the wedding ceremony itself was very short and to the point, which was a bit weird, but i met a lot of really nice (and interesting) people there, the food was awesome, the music was great, and it's the first wedding i've been to in ages that i wasn't in uniform.

way more comfortable.

just before the ceremony, i had this flashback of the first time i saw SB. and i spent the rest of the night with the image of her eyes imprinted on my mind's eye. she has the most beautiful eyes. when we left, i sent her an sms saying so - i hope it's well received, as it was 7am in thailand when she got it :P

one of the guys got horribly drunk (forgivable: on top of the wedding, it's his birthday today), and we had quite a time taking care of him.

i think i upset one of the girls... we got along really well, and i'm not interested in more than friendship...

the ride home was pleasant - a long technical discussion as the driver works in high-tech with assembler and interesting algorithms. by the end, i got offered a job ^_^ (after i'm done with the army, of course)

it's now 3.30am, going to have a shower then go to bed... so i can wake up at 6.30. whoopee! but it's a short day anyway, as i have physio in the afternoon.

final thought from my mommy (source: www.iol.co.za)

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South Africa's Katrina Volunteers are on the way...

[ South Africa ] After relief groups have successfully ended negotiations with the U.S. about assistance for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, South African spokesperson for the Red Cross, Jacqueline Harvey, has confirmed our countries participation in the relief effort.


It was confirmed that at 9:15am this-morning, 4 plane-loads of volunteers from Soweto left JHB International, bound for the Mississippi to assist with the looting. - Sapa DPA