the sickening

yep, i'm not feeling very immortal at the moment. in fact, i've been feeling like complete shite since i woke up. i can't decide if i've had the runs or have been blocked up, and my throat has been absolutely horrid. coupled with being roasted and unable to sleep - damn the new office...

speaking of sleep: one thing a soldier learns quickly is either a) leave others' belongings alone or b) claim them as your own. there is no c). none. uh-uh. nada. but for some reason, beyond soldiery comprehension, our new TL didn't ask whose bed it was that we hadn't packed away... and c) returned it to the quarter master's store. nobody had signed it out, which meant that it wouldn't ever have been noticed missing.

so we're out a rather good bed. fucker!

the kid and i spent most of the day doing nothing. we can't work, because since we moved offices physically our network connections don't work. interesting. our systems went down this morning and we physically had to go and sit with the DBA's... fortunately they have access, at least :P

i got my papers (woof!) for the medical review board, now i have to organize paying them a visit. can anyone tell me the name of the game where you draw a grid of dots, and two players take turns connecting them, in order to close off squares? we've started building it for multiplayer, and i don't know what to call it.

i had a fight with the information security desk - they wouldn't let me into the secured areas without an escort, and i haven't had a problem with that before. it took them at least 20 minutes to move my name to the correct list, just so that i could go down and talk to the people who i need help from. oh, and go and greet the fit birds in the girl-farm. they're our tech-support, they sit in rows in these horrible cubicles, kinda like cows for milking.

it was a fun visit.

i bussed home, ran laundry, watched orgazmo - less funny the third time - and it's shower and bed-time.

it was an ugly day. i still feel like shit. here's hoping tomorrow is an improvement.