sundown at midday

well, for me at least - i'm off to work in a couple of hours...

i've decided to steal the idea of a relatively relevant picture for each blog, just 'cuz.

still sick today. the wake-up was good, though - first into tel aviv. it was a nice-enough spring morning (although the rest of the day was miserable and wet), and i managed to sort out my shit at the city officer, the immigration office, AND the immigrants' bank, and still make it to base by 10.10. i'm well impressed with myself.

after an hour or so, the kid and i gave up on the idea of giving our new SC access to our systems. it won't really matter, but it is aggravating. i had humus for lunch with the mongoose, and then returned to the office for some physical labour (apparently i'm super-skilled with a hammer and nails).

and i had a very serious chat with one of the cute girls from the "farm". i was doing fine, being exceptionally smooth - yet overt, and she still somehow missed the point. the conversation turned philosophical, and i left her hanging. tomorrow i'll find out if that had any effect.

all-important office summary: in spite of my ill-health, i managed more pull-ups today. aside from a few here and there, and then a set of 7 - which is more than i'm usually capable of (sad for a soldier, i know), i did an additional set of 5 with my legs horizontal, which was hard on the abs but gave me some serious satisfaction :)

then we all went off for bowling.

i'm normally alright, today i just sucked the big one :( our new section is way more fun than the previous one, and the incredible chocolate cake once we were done just made it all worth it. fine, that was partially to do with the unbelievably sexy waitress who stood around with us while we ate it :P

we got a ride to a relatively useful bus-rank, and a couple of buses later i was home. on the way i met up with someone who might prove to be a good connection when it comes to getting our systems sorted out, so i'll just have to pay him a visit tomorrow.

now i'm going to shower, nap, and then head off for work. i'm not sure yet how practical sleeping on base is going to be...

goodies:
who's in?
hah! i can do that myself!
sounds like fun
silly sods
always of interest
honestly?