me and my time machine

my day began with sunshine directing me to where my orders sent me... arriving without too much hassle, being shouted at about being AWOL, being sent off to wait and twiddle my thumbs for an hour or so... after getting sick of waiting, and having other arrangements to attend to, i knocked on the guy's door:

"listen, sorry to be rude, but i'm supposed to be promoted in a couple of hours. is there any reason i'm sitting on my arse?"
"you're getting promoted? why didn't you say so before?"
"did you ask?"
"listen, i can't do anything with you until you've been promoted. i don't even know how you got here, or who issued your orders..."
"you did. your secretary called me yesterday..."
"nevermind. go to your promotion. you were never here. bye."

so i made my way to my old base, stopping by cafeneto for coffee with sunshine, and then continued on... to discover that while my promotion was scheduled for 1pm, i wasn't authorized to receive the rank.

that's an oops. doing everything under last-minute pressure as usual, and using some really good people i've met during the past month, we managed to sort out everything by 1.02pm. i *rushed* to my old office, to discover it abandoned and everyone waiting for me in our BC's...

it was an amusing little ceremony, especially the part where i was stripped of my previous rank.

but i did manage to speak this time. as i started off: last time i was mute, this time i've been upgraded to having a mere speech impediment. i was shaking while speaking, i was all emotional, but at least i said what i had to say. the retort from my now previous BC only emphasized how right i am and how great she and my now previous SC [the bull] are.

i spent the afternoon in morbid fascination - i now have a rank that even privates hold in low esteem :P

i spent the afternoon performing a knowledge transfer to brother bear and our sergeant first-class, and was almost done when the bull rushed in to inform me that there was a huge problem and the kid had to go to work...

"oh shit," i thought to myself. it actually turned out to be a fun problem to sort out, and by sort out i mean discovering, in conjunction with a number of other sections, that there wasn't really a problem. it was generally a good laugh.

i received my new orders before leaving the base - they're back-dated for two days ago, so when i arrive on sunday i'm at their mercy :P [i'm *really* not worried, though]

my now previous TL [OaG] gave me an awesome little goodbye gift, and i finally really actually properly officially left the office for the last time, not counting visits. i bussed home, changed, and made my way to mmf's. his girlfriend made great supper, we sorted out his site, watched too much telly, and i left with my psOne cable in my pocket ^_^

from there i walked to the zamir, which was a cute party, and i came home to shower and rest a bit before heading up north. it's been a nutty week. hell, it's been an insane nine months.

no, one better. it's been a rediculous and silly and harsh two years and three months. i already feel like i'm beginning to normalize!!