the birthday boy, the nerve block girl

still coughing. waiting on a new dermatologist appointment.

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we managed to get up and make a card just in time to present it!

*whew*

it was a busy morning, rather productive in spite of the birthday message distractions. i received an amusing email from one of the companies i'm applying to inform me that they'd like me to meet a potential vp r&d, and if it's the guy i bumped into last week that would be hilarious!

in the afternoon we went off to dizengoff center to look at all the toy and robot and action figure shops, bumping in a guy i went to high school with. we ended up in the lego store, where i realized in-store that the budget i'd summoned into my head from nothing just made no sense, so after more than a little discomfort i explained how the budget would work to mr smear and he was beyond cool about it - we actually had to explain to him that he didn't have to worry, he could spend up to that amount and enjoy it.

i wouldn't have picked what he picked, but he walked out of their with his gifts and a giant smile on his face, and his excitement hasn't slowed down since - he obviously picked well, and it was great seeing him so happy :)

i got in about forty five minutes of work before we all left for the hospital for gd's nerve block, we arrived just on time and then sat in the waiting room for an hour or so, i worked on my laptop while mr smear watched some minecraft channel on youtube. then gd went in, and i took mr smear to the food court to eat dinner, picking up dessert along the way. he ate well, thoroughly enjoyed his dessert (a panda chocolate/coconut bar), we did a very fast emergency grocery shopping and then returned to the pain clinic just in time to see gd go in for the procedure.

it felt like a long time, but she came out doing alright. in shock, but alright, in spite of the nurse's concerns because it's unusual to do both sides simultaneously. we very cautiously brought her home, we had a really funny arab taxi driver who sang happy birthday to mr smear, and then we slowly got ourselves organized and ready for bed.

i'm tired, but i don't want to go to sleep just yet. so here i am, typing up my day and then figuring out whether to mess about or crash.

it was a big day.