and back

today was torture. the post-nasal drip made for a nasty day, it's still not great now but seems to be a bit better. and my head? didn't feel so good. it didn't help that i spent half my day struggling with my ubuntu setup even with help, and by the end of the day i was ready to throw in the towel.

which i did. and my new setup is already sooooo much cleaner and easier to deal with, and even the minor obstacles have been... not unpleasant.

my mother had an interesting idea today, which set some things in motion: first, that we've pushed back our notice on our apartment by a month (i hope they don't cancel our internet before we leave), and second that we've begun the application process for gd's south african visa, just so that we can stay long enough to get her aliyah status sorted out.

this is all such a nightmare.

...

the other half of my work day was spent prepping for a ten minute presentation that i've been dreading for months, i couldn't be less interested if i tried. also, i took the car in because we were concerned about a possible oil leak and i'm glad everything checked out.

we've been watching the reboot of cowboy bebop, and it's gorgeous. considering we own the original series i hope this gets gd to give that a watch, too :) 

it's late, i have to be up early to take mr smear to school and then sell his old balance bike.