giddy-up

i woke up early and felt the morning slip away, went with gd to sort out her phone which - presence effect? - turned out to be just fine. had a seemingly-constructive chat with a manager at the furniture store about our bed situation. walked gd to a store for sewing supplies, rushed home to play chess (kind of) with mr smear, then scarfed down half a bowl of an amazing dish gd had made for lunch before heading out to a big interview.

a six hour interview that began with the dog jumping out and (properly) biting my hand, and ended with a big meal with the boss's family. i've got the job, if we agree on terms (ie salary), and if we do it looks like it's going to be fantastic. i walked home with a spring in my step, showered and said goodnight to mr smear, did nothing clever for a bit and then continued with another one of the job applications.

and now, i'm very much ready for bed. tomorrow's another full day.