friday

nobody slept last night. i was having trouble anyway, then around 4am mr smear crept in and the rest of the morning was history.

gd and i both continued to feel horrible, so we went to the doctor and it looks like we've either got a mild case of food poisoning or we've picked up some kind of parasite. wonderful. thankfully it's just us, and it's not contagious.

oh, and we're totally over uber. there's a taxi service in south africa called bolt and it's both cheaper and better.

yesterday's ridiculous story about the mobile carriers was resolved in the middle of the night with the confirmation from the carrier whose employees denied that we'd receive one. it's a painful process, but we're moving forward. we sorted out a new sim card and picked up our meds, then walked home. i spent the day expecting to have to jump to pick up a delivery in person, but they never contacted me, and the following hours after getting home were consumed by phone calls with potential employers and recruiters.

some of it was positive.

i took mr smear to the gallery (overcoming his fear of the demons!), then the museum, but quickly left there when i realized i had no signal (because i was expecting that delivery). we returned home with me exhausted but failing to rest, as he kept me busy until my mom picked us up so that i could help her hanging paintings at her place. when we arrived there she realized she'd forgotten to bring an extension cable, so we returned to town to pick one up and went back again. mr smear passed out along the way, and was out like a light for a long time. i had a good chat with my cousin who's staying with my mom for a bit, we hung a painting successfully, and came back to our place for kiddush and dinner.

the antibiotics seem to be working.

i've been playing a lot of sudoku lately.

i've received some feedback on my article from a couple of people, so i've got a bit of editing to do, i've watched stand-up, and i'm sneaking a peek at racing extinction before going to bed.

oh, i started reading a bit of hijacked by your brain by dr julian ford and jon wortmann and it's looking amazing.