bender

as in, i feel like i've been on one.

only in israel: my luggage is lost. somebody called me up yesterday morning to tell me that my luggage would be delivered around 6pm. at 18.30, i got a call saying it'll arrive between 21:00 and 22:00, and at 22.30 the guy who called me got frustrated when i told him that i wouldn't be in the same place between 23:00 - 23:15.

amazing. i left at 22.45, and he arrived just before 23:00.

i bussed home, did some forms for about half an hour (i was already sweaty, and i suddenly remembered that i have an enormous area in the apartment that i'm not using), stretched, showered, and lay in bed with a pad of paper, madly scribbling some really good ideas that kept me smiling until i finally fell asleep.

i didn't smile so much upon waking, though - my body was a bag of jello for the first couple of hours.

i went straight to the induction base, and the one hour meeting turned into two hellish hours of non-stop hebrew; and i wasn't really focused to begin with. everytime somebody asked me something, i just asked "what?", and they carried on without me. we now have a workload that's going to last us at least a few months.

my bag broke, so i bought myself a new one. it was the cheapest workable one i could find, and it's BIG. so i've written in big letters on the back: "yes. this is my daily bag."

what's amusing is that i've been asked about it a lot today, and i just had to turn around and continue walking in order to answer the questions.

ate a crappy lunch, then entered another meeting. that just killed me. i stumbled out, and spent the rest of the day zombie-ing.

work: i got a LOT of work done today. mostly annoying work (how does a java thread know if somebody's pressed ctrl-c??), but work nonetheless. now it's home-time... i have inspection in the morning :S