end, weekend

today started off a bit sourly, as i realized that i'd missed an important notification from teams on friday (thanks, microsoft, for making it so you only get notifications when you've pinned a channel), and struggled to figure out how to respond to the alerts because they didn't actually provide useful information. 

note: if you're sending an error message to a user, include a hint as to what may be causing it or how to resolve it.

one of mr smear's friends celebrated his birthday at deerpark cafe this morning, and overall we actually had a good time. the weather was gorgeous and i actually got a little sunburned, but the kids had fun and we only had one freak-out when one of the parents assumed a candy bar was vegan and gave it to him (he didn't have a reaction so it might have been, but when i looked up the product there were no ingredients / allergens listed).

some of the afternoon was tense, most of it was pretty chilled. i finally downloaded the minecraft demo, but mr smear was too busy with little big planet to try, and inspired by a conversation we'd had with another friend's mother i attempted to get hold of dance dance revolution or a wii. wii's don't appear to be available in south africa, so we ended up splashing out on the former as well as picking up guitar hero live. which, considering the dates everything's due to arrive, is effectively my early birthday present to myself :P