six days under

the past few days have been super-stressful trying to move my money from there to here so i can pay my rent, i've burned at least a day of work in the process (and i'm paid hourly wages, so it stings a lot), and i've *still* had to borrow the money because every damned entity between my bank accounts has served as a spoke in the wheel. i've been champing at the bit for cryptocurrency to take off as an integrated payment method, the moment i can use it for paying rent and bills i'm all in.

aside from that madness, the past few days have been a mixed bag. i've been exhausted, i'm working weird hours again. trying to keep some semblance of normal for my kid, ironically arranging days that are anything but. we had a music hour this evening. we're playing catch and kicking around a soccer ball regularly. i got him back on his skateboard yesterday. we kind of got him to dance a little this afternoon.

the center of cape town is eerily empty, except for the occasional group of homeless, and it seems much nicer without mad drivers all over the place.

gd's been doing the housework, and daily discovering more shit that our cleaning lady hasn't touched ever. this seems like a story that's just going to keep playing out, over and over, and i'm not looking forward to the drama.

mr smear's been all over the place, which is kind of the usual now. fine. the good times are really good, he's fast becoming a gamer, he's spending a fair amount of time amusing himself, he's obsessed with numbers and he *hates* us telling him he's good at maths. go figure (pun not intended).

work's been busy, somewhat satisfying. i've been forced to resurrect my windows machine and it's kinda okay. i'm been making great progress with one of my personal projects and i'm looking forward to sharing it with friends, hopefully soon.