drawn out drawings

i got a late start this morning, bussed through to the parking lot and dropped the car off at the rental agency. those bastards were really unpleasant, but they did manage to prove decisively that the gas station attendant and my inattendance were entirely to blame for my being ripped off on the engine coolant.

moral: never buy engine coolant.

that was an unpleasant experience, and i walked out hot and angry to find myself coffee and a croissant on the way to base.

the bussing took forever, and to make matters worse it took over an hour to get from the base's gate to my office because *our* gate's closed for the week. i dropped by the dentist to make an appointment, though, as it was on the way. i have to get my tooth redone - or veneered.

the afternoon was spent mailing, finishing my cv, writing a long request to go to officer's course^* and a smidgen of work. coffee time saw our commanders playing with a burned jelly-like substance prior to eating it - i honestly thought they'd been messing with garbage, not anything *actually* edible.

i had a good chat with my commander about the surgery i need, and he provided a solution that sees me having the operation performed in israel. apparently there are care centres for recovering soldiers, which quite frankly never crossed my mind before.

after work we went to an event where things can be bought on the cheap, with a gift hand-out to boot for permanent-forcers. some idiot really pissed me off while waiting for the gift, and then when i went to buy a scanner there was a total stuff-up at the till, and i wasn't giving my credit card to those monkeys.

i got home to do some chores, shopping, 'netting, and now i think it's time to go out.

^* i probably shouldn't finish off the request with
"and in addition to all that, if you don't authorize this i'll find out where you live, burn your house down, drink most of your children's blood and use the rest to write another request"

funnily enough, it took more time coming up with a disturbing threat than real reasons :P

my old lecturer's developed new tricks