sliding back

apron strings? maybe, but my mother did manage to calm me down tonight (although it's the third time she's repeated the same thing in as many weeks) and reminded me of something very important: i can't do better than i am right now.

*breathes*

today began with chc making a giant breakfast - i couldn't finish my oats - while i caught up on patv. when she heard their accents:
"are they american?"
"yes"
"so they're, like, emotionally retarded?"
"no, not these ones. these guys are awesome"

i remember i once thought that all americans were lost causes, but now that i know a whole bunch of them i have to say that i'm confident that it's only the majority ;)

i walked quickly to work - that'll be the last time - and arrived about five minutes late. i'll be blading from now on, for two reasons: because it's faster and easier, and because we get a travel allowance instead of lunch coupons, and that allowance will cover my replacement wheels ^_^

i was totally blown away by the fact that i could remember the building code, and after being told only once all the other numbers and facts and figures have slid into place. i haven't worked there in a very long time.

i spent the afternoon brushing up and signing the contract, meeting the new guys (:P) in the office, eating m&m's (they have about fifteen kilos of the things) and drinking good espresso and feeling good about myself. i left early (around 5.30pm) to go past my apartment and pick up my taekwondo gear before meeting up with scrapper in the park.

we went to the other side - closer to his place, closer for me, and there're usually bunches of martial arts groups in that area because the leaves form a pleasant canopy overhead. we worked hard, and i'm particularly satisfied with the spinning exercise we did (i think i can rehabilitate my hips with another couple of sessions) and with my forms.

i spun around the rink on my way back home - i was a bit too tired to jump, though - and then returned to watch some more patv while cooling down enough to hit the shower. i've eaten, had a bit to drink, conversed online, now posted, and am just about ready to hit the image algorithm paper i need to ingest before a meeting with a potential employer :)

ooh! and i'm very excited about having discovered that daphna and the cookies are playing in my neighbourhood this weekend ^_^ (it may make it impossible to see artifakt, but he's not my favourite sa dj so i'll deal)