bonny and blithe and good and gay

here i wrap up this past week of mayhem.

today shouldn't have begun with friday's dishes, but that couldn't be helped. at least i could wake up a little later, and the first thing i saw online was that the dutch girl liked my new shirt enough to quote it :)

my beard has a fair amount of red in it, prompting me to think "rooibaard the pirate" whenever i see myself in the mirror.

the woman on the bus who pushed past to grab a seat while everyone else was trying to get off really irritated me, but not as much as the fact that it took me so long to choose my words that it was too late to use them.

i found the clinic without too much trouble, and didn't have to wait very long. as i walked out from the initial consultation, the nurse stopped me to ask why i was going to india. when i indicated that i didn't understand, she asked again - only this time the emphasis was clearer... she wanted to know what was there that was worth risking my life for.
"what do you mean?"
"there are warnings!"
"what warnings?"
"don't you know? there are warnings all over the internet!"
"warnings of what?"
"warnings!"

the doctor rescued me by pushing me out the door with some soothing words; i couldn't stop grinning at the sheer simplicity of her attitude. i paid the piper (it's fairly expensive, i might add), then returned for the shots.

this time, she was far calmer. not only did she administer the vaccines with startling aptitude (i didn't feel a thing until the reaction), and even the reaction didn't hurt for more than a second or two. between her and the doctor, i was well distracted by discussion on comparative dangers (new york, south africa and india) and by the time i was ready to leave the nurse was ready to adopt me :P

i walked out, happy that i've taken a step towards my upcoming vacation, smiling at strangers and enjoying the fact that a strange, pretty girl had smiled back, and all was hunky dory.

then i realized that one of my ranks had broken. i called my TL to ask him to try and sort me out with a replacement, and the attitude i got went right up my nose. the only reparation for that was him agreeing to pick me up from the gate, which was badly timed as someone else from our section picked me up before he arrived.

the team-mate who's connected to my project had a revelation this morning, and we finally managed to sort out a make-or-break bug. there're a few improvements to be made, but the application is now usable and ready for field testing :)

the food wasn't bad today, and i spent some time with the guitar. the freaky lip dude paid lip service and dropped hints until he got a cookie (i didn't see that coming, i need to hide them better) and i was surprised when i realized that it was time to go home.

most of the ride was consumed by me explaining my situation to a couple of curious guys in our unit, and i was glad to be left alone for the last bit of the ride. i have spent the entire evening in front of the pc, uploading to facebook (damn, i took a lot of photos this weekend) and catching up on posting. i wonder if this counts as "grounding".

probably. the cat freaks me out a bit, though.