general tiredness

i was bothered for most of the day because i was convinced that my shoes look clownish - but apparently they don't.

i had a run-in with a couple of arabs this morning, we all looked at each other and they sat down next to me, then paused to exchange a glance and light up cigarettes, at which i bolted. kinda rude of them, and i think they did it to spite me and my uniform. just a feeling.

this morning's hospital experience was frustrating: i was a bit less confused than last time because i was already familiar with a few steps, but they made the bits i'm not familiar with even more difficult to navigate and the signage hasn't improved. i could swear they do this on purpose.

to make things worse, i waited an hour and a half for the doctor only to repeat the same drill i've gone through at least five times already with as many doctors - because they can't trust a medical referral from the army. so that was a waste of five hours, and will have to be repeated next week when i go in for the actual test i was supposed to be undergoing.

i learned a new word today: "flipcha stand". it's a horrible translation from "flip-chart", and means easle in army-slang. and i was done a favour by a girl who's been avoiding me for over a day: she told me it was because i was being so nice.

in other words - here's a show of appreciation for not flipping out and screaming at me, and being polite and friendly towards my girls in spite of them putting on luck hari's attitude from thursday [SPOILER PICTURE].

i didn't get any work done, and when the time came to go i was completely drained even though i hadn't really achieved much and had been planning overtime.

i didn't feel too much better when i got home, but i did burn twenty cds for our unit celebrations coming up and i did some old-document recycling. there's a whole lot of stuff that i can't throw away, not only because there're important things i've managed to hold onto but because some of it's absolutely hysterical!

as soon as i was done i bussed through to egg's, stopping on the way for noodles. he taught me a couple of chords and i made a bit of noise, we watched weird-al yankovic videos and then went to smith's for a couple of beers. it was a good evening.