partly cloudy

i didn't sleep many hours, but i slept like a log and did some epic dreaming. it was hard getting up. i made it to the post office on time, even with the prerequisite ticket confusion (why can't they just label the buttons meaningfully?!), to pick up my registered mail:
i've been served.
this time, the health insurance company is threatening to cancel my subscription and take legal action, and now there's NO excuse. they promised me they'd sort these things out, but they obviously don't care.

i had to leave a message with the salesman's voice-mail, and was really embarrassed when i hung up the phone and realized i'd made a really obscure hebrew mistake (i said "from behind" instead of "after" when talking about time).

i wrote an attempt at a metaphysical poem during first class. between the weather and the sleep deprivation, after class i was feeling confused and my sense of humour failed when one of the girls made a really stupid joke that tied in to last night's shirt issue in bnei brak. it aches me to see the religious and the anti erecting nothing but walls - one day, if we ever manage to calm our neighbours for long enough we're probably going to implode.

i walked away exhausted and miserable, and went to the student union to sort out co-conspirator's mess. i was too tired to play nice, and i made a couple of the guys uncomfortable with my inability to fake a smile.

i spoke to the health insurance salesman and explained it all - possibly a little more sternly than was appropriate. he didn't get back to me as promised.

i got hold of urchin on my way back home, and we talked for a while... she's stressed to the max, her exhibit in paris fell through because the printers screwed up the job and wouldn't reprint at their own expense - sounds like she's been had. calming her down lent me perspective, and i explained to her that to pass her exams she needs to focus, and being able to focus and to not stress is the real test. i told her to save her best for when she's got her diploma.

i worked away the rest of the day, aside from a playful moment of installing whatsapp on my iphone and shopping with pg. then i came back and sat down to produce my review; expecting catharsis and finding none.

the bad news - one of the items i bought for pg's birthday hasn't arrived yet. the good news - i've been reimbursed. if it does eventually arrive, do i return the return?
faux pas: shouldn't have said anything to pg. i don't know what i was thinking :S

i got to help in the kitchen tonight: we baked fish. AWESOME! i'm so pleased every time i don't screw something up.

i finally finished the first half of a php program that should've been completed on the weekend... what a crazy experience - why do i always end up working on things that are buggy / incomplete and require magical workarounds? it's a great excuse to build interesting helper classes and gain experience, but it takes forever.

at least i have a development environment now. that shit could've gotten crazy on my netbook.

now i'm done, now to do some reading for the morning's class.