performance review

i forgot - the immigration office doesn't do tuesdays. i got something sorted out that i'll need when i *do* get there, but that doesn't make me feel that much better about it.

although i will say that just walking around the streets of tel aviv early on a summer morning did me a world of good mentally: we associate so much with smells and weather, and we distill from our memories the prime emotions from our favourite memories so that when we encounter a trigger we can relive that essentially perfect moment.

so this morning took me back to my first israeli summer with lake, and it was great ^_^

i had a decent day of work, although we took a couple of hours off for a unit quiz that put me to sleep embarrassingly fast.

at the end of the day i went through my performance review, which turned out mostly good, but i'm edgy to get moving on my plans to impress the hell outta them.

we paid our rent this evening, spot and i went shopping, and then i walked to the beach to pick up a book and see a cousin who's here from south africa, already on her way back. i stopped for a cup of coffee. now all is chilled on the home front, and i'm SO going to bed early tonight.

good timing!

and robert young pelton - licensed to kill is filled with awesome stuff, although a lot of the stories out of iraq and afghanistan are upsetting and frustrating. good read either way.