scrambled!

after posting, i went out for a quick smoke, then came back and started doing some actual work. suddenly the boss walked into my office - gave me a serious start! we discussed the near future, and i finished off what i was doing and went to say goodbye.

the boss threw $200 on the table, and said "here - go have fun in canada!"

i was blown away. i wasn't really sure i should take it, but after minimal protesting i thanked him as graciously as i could and took the cash. that was unexpected - i think i need to use some of it to bring him back some scotch :P

i took the bus home, sorted out laundry, then went and bought some bright yellow cardboard - which i stuck up on my glass doors so i can worry less about people peeking in. this was around 4pm. i thought i'd take a quick nap.

i woke up at 8am this morning, confused (jet-lagged?) and with a smashing headache. i didn't have anything better to do, so i took a walk to my base (about an hour) and visited the kid (who's guarding). we went to our office where he showed me the cool shit he's been working on with this java/oracle combination. fantastic! things that PL/SQL won't allow are now possible by using java to call the unmanageable code! how did we survive without it?!

i was going to finish a bit of work i had to do (so i could relax a bit tomorrow), but i managed to lock my account, so i have to wait till tomorrow anyway. what was that about not working on the sabbath? i think the lord is a bit more serious about that than i anticipated...

i walked back home, chatted a bit with some of the other s'effricans in my building... i discovered that the movers were really happy with my apartment - because i had so little to move they considered it a break :P
that's bloody pathetic.

i'm not sure if this is funny or sad - i laughed, at least - but i found that fly that followed me in the other morning. it did die of boredom.

i packed all my things for the flight, spoke to her for about 10 minutes, then went for coffee with her grandparents. we had very pleasant afternoon coffee, and then i returned to lie in bed and read random rubbish that the south african zionist federation publishes every few months.

around 8pm i left the apartment, and took a long walk to the harbour area of tel aviv. i arrived on time for the party - it's a farewell for one of the guys in our unit - and for the next 45 minutes i sat there alone, watching ftv and wondering if nobody else likes the poor guy.

i just stopped in to post and check mail, and now i'm off to the lizard to say hi to the mongoose, then return home and crash. at least the beer sorted out the headache, but i think another one might be in order ;) maybe a pretty girl or two won't hurt either, but i can't imagine actually finding one...