a very, VERY weekend

i'm buggered. i've just uploaded the new podcast episode that was supposed to be up on the weekend, mostly because i've just now started recovering from the weekend.

friday:

[wtf happened to friday?] friday's over here.


saturday:

an enjoyable but short visit to the oranjezicht market to be stood up by friends whose kid passed out on the way there, a frustrating continuation at the waterfront

[afternoon missing]

driving through to hido's mom's place, heading off the the unity reunion, some great conversations and an enjoyable night of great tunes and re-meeting old buddies

sunday:

partying hard - and feeling old - until the club shut down around 3.30-4am, riding home with hido, a quick reset and driving home with difficulty (i was so tired i was having trouble focusing my eyes, so the whole ride home was a battle and i was perpetually on the verge of pulling over on the highway to rest). finally getting home, showering and passing out

a not-much-recovery day. gd managing a fair chunk of the morning, my mom coming over to babysit in the afternoon so i could go to the gym and get some work done, working a bit but then being recalled to open a jar (which ended up not being an issue), a quick visit to the pool before shower, dinner 'n bedtime

monday:

working hard from early in the morning and then discovering that the meeting was cancelled, enjoying a short pool session and realizing for the first time that i couldn't get tattooed while my son's on summer vacation (i spoke to the artist yesterday morning, he was really great about it)

leaving mr smear with my mom and driving out to wellington to a beautiful, enjoyable wedding in spite of the heavy heat (how did we survive the "hora"?), good food and an inspiring conversation about charity and education before we left

a worrying moment *just* before reaching the big gas station, but everything appearing to be alright.

arriving home just as mr smear was falling asleep, 

yesterday:

up until 2.30am struggling with various support agents, trying to regain access to my patreon account. what a freaking nightmare

a relaxed morning

actually making proper work progress

dropping mr smear off with our friends' babysitter, working from my mom's coffee shop while gd shopped, coming home and crashing for a couple of hours, heading back to pick up mr smear and chat a bit, returning home, showering mr smear and continuing the developing bad habit of playing the adventure time game, mr smear's pre-bed meltdown that turned into a learning opportunity, my relief tempered by his whispering "i want to break the world" when i recited my usual blessing that includes, in hebrew, "fix the world"...

more bloon-killing, then finally getting into the new podcast episode and really enjoying the analysis

today (wednesday morning 2.45am):

patreon support finally got back to me! let's see if they help. it looks like my youtube post will be ready in five minutes and i'm WAY overdue getting back to bed.