later that day

1. i'm exhausted. inexplicably exhausted, even if intellectually i know that dealing with my knee is costing my body everything.

2. our temporary airbnb israeli neighbours insist on smoking on their balcony in spite of the rules, and it's really hard to deal with. i'm considering buying a vaping starter pack for each new tenant as a welcome-and-stop-that-shit gift.

3. lunch with sailor: it was a great lunch, but an important one. after discussions of buying the apartment next door and the general lack of community assistance when it comes to raising kids here - by this i mean that lots of parents here are doing a poor job and the schools don't intervene where necessary - couple with a few other things like personal safety and security, our lunchtime conversation did a pretty good job of convincing me that we need to pay israel a visit and see if moving there is a viable option for gd.

4. gd taking some of her conversion class friends for a "boot camp" downstairs was cool.

5. the hebrew version of "super wings" being taken down from youtube is painful. i bought it on itunes but it's english only :(

6. mr smear's proficiency with the new games and the trackpad is wonderful to behold. even more awesome was him suddenly getting up, going off to the table and coming back with the mouse - he even intuited how and where to plug it in (although i did need to show him which side of the connector faces up). 3 years 9 months ^_^

7. the princess bride in french

8. gd and mr smear on the floor playing with the new duplo blocks my mom picked up this afternoon.