one long week

it's been a long week, and a long weekend. that tiredness seems to have passed a few days ago, but it's now half-past midnight so maybe i'll start monday on a new low note. i have been sleeping a lot more the past week or two, although some nights i've woken up uncomfortable and taken hours to get back to sleep. our new mattress has caved in properly, just like the others. it's very frustrating.

my cranial nerve thing's been causing me trouble this week, i hope it's not related to the fact that i actually made it to the gym a couple of times (and even did a little weight training).

mr smear developed an ear infection at the beginning of the week, that sucked. we've had too many funny moments to note.

work's been interesting, overall positive. two enthusiastic interactions with coworkers regarding my shakespeare project helped.

this weekend: yesterday was all about swimming to relieve the heaviness of having invested an enormous amount of money and stress in getting gd's passport renewed, today was dominated by a birthday party (and borrowing my mom's car and draining the battery on the way there) and a mall expedition that saw me
a) ordering a pair of shoes
b) turning my back on a sales pitch and buying a new phone online
c) coming out alright from a very awkward situation with some traffic officers when my uber driver turned out to be unlicensed

oh, and a birthday party conversation somehow turned into a "my boss wants to meet you" situation

mr smear enjoyed the original pirates of the caribbean with us, i was surprised that he was more scared by paranorman this evening than by the ghost pirates...