namaste - second visitation

i'm not going to go into too much detail, but that was a sick party: fun from the get-go, with wonderful and beautiful people, insanely good music (and a goa set finish for the win!), a large indian food and chai bar, and i couldn't wipe the grin off my face the entire night.

my back was still tender, but i warmed it up fairly quickly and i wasn't bothered again until home-time ^_^

aside from it being that much fun, there were two things that kept causing my grin to approach explosion - the fact that i'm planning on hitting the subcontinent fairly soon, and the fact that my last week has been so utterly ridiculous and i was still able to go hard ^_^

i walked home at 6am when the sound went down, having met a couple of interesting people and regaining my status as a full-fledged member of the pack (in my own eyes of course, in reality i never lost it).

i napped for an hour after showering, then did a walkabout with the plumber. at least my water connection's in good nick, and i have a quote and advice on how to reroute the pipe going through my patio :)

soon after he left, the technician arrived and installed my telephone line. i've now used all the plug points in the vicinity of my pc.

i arranged to meet with urchin for breakfast, which would've been a quick deal (i needed to rest a little before heading to the climbing wall) if she hadn't misunderstood and taken a half an hour to find the place.

we sat in the more popular cafe on the corner of masryk, and were ignored for quite a while by the waitrons. when one of them eventually arrived (we had to ask) to take our order, he informed us that in spite of the breakfast costing two shekels more than the place next door and including less, it would be impossible to add anything to the egg (so not so much as a mushroom omelette). i heard that, and we were out the door.

the place next door not only had far superior service and a nicer vibe, but for the first time i was given the option of a ham & mushroom omelette and when it arrived it was brilliant, with a really well arranged salad variety and good coffee. i think it's my new favourite place.

the only thing that was hard about breakfast was that i seem to have developed a sensitive spot on one of my teeth, and chewing was electric :(
special moment: i was in the middle of saying something, and out of nowhere she cut me short exclaiming "i have no pants!"
i don't know what caused her to think of it at that exact moment, but there was actually a relatively rational explanation for the statement (although not as an outburst). i couldn't stop giggling, helped along by the wide-eyed stare of the guy one table over.

i tried shopping on the way home, but the only place that was on the way didn't have any of the electronic stuff i wanted. i guess a visit to home center is in order. i got straight into bed with my massage pillow as soon as i got home, waking up forty five minutes later to dress and pack and roll out.

i arrived a little earlier than the others, put on my shoes and attempted the crawl around the wall. it's harder than it looks :P
overall, i climbed a lot and had a number of successful and satisfying moments. i did need the energy drink and the energy bar that i'd taken with, though, because i was physically decidedly weak. at least i have an excuse :)

i rushed out of there at 4.30 to meet the group, and a couple of guys from our unit joined us. i'd told the girl to meet me earlier for a lesson, but she decided she'd join us anyway and see how it went. it went badly - she left at the first slight downhill (we're talking about a parallel to a short flight of stairs), and unfortunately when i went to see what was going on the other guy stopped as well, and there we lost our connection to the group.

i was *really* lucky to manage to find them again, after a mad sprint in what was hopefully the right direction, but there was no way the other guy was going to make it. i've just sent him a message explaining the roles in group behaviour, and inviting the both of them for lessons.

the route was great, but more importantly the sunset was magnificent and i hope that the pictures i took come out alright. the evening was a lot of fun and very social, and now that i've cooled down i'm hitting the shower and crashing for a bit. i think i deserve to.

[this post accompanied by trold - ganesha tune: seriously good]