the birthday hum plus

 yesterday:

after sorting out a grocery shopping, and working more on an article i'm putting together, i bussed through to our apartment and gd came downstairs so that i could drop off my laundry and pick up shampoo. i hummed the birthday song tune loudly as i climbed the steps, it's definitely the weirdest way i've ever wished someone i love a happy birthday.

it was a funny sort of workday, i spent a good chunk of it completely puzzled and then slowly the puzzle pieces began falling into place. i had a very long chat with sailor at one point. i ended up leaving very late, though, because we were trying to put together a release and a bunch of things i'd touched went wrong for a variety of reasons. we were all a little smarter by the end of the evening, and i must admit that i learned quite a lot.

on the way back to the hostel, i synced with vfmp on his relationship, my relationship with gd, and everyone's relationship with his brother

then i had a sync with nystire while looking for food, which ended up being a mindful pea soup and cider in a cloud of cigarette smoke.

today:

i went to bed pretty late, but slept alright, having a weird dream in which i waited on a bench for hours before the sun set and then i woke up. then i hurt my neck a bit by playing more bloons adventure time than i should have. i did a grocery shopping for gd, but didn't have energy for much else so i put on the audiobook of stan tatkin - wired for love (sailor gifted me a copy after our conversation) and walked to work, picking up a suspicious coffee and later a suspicious banana muffin along the way.

so far, it's very, very interesting.

the work day would have been just fine, but after lunch my stomach started doing a thing at the same time as my brain just shut down. like, the coffee and the sugar i tried to treat myself with did nothing. i was basically vascillating between moving quickly to the bathrooms and passing out awkwardly at my desk, until eventually i just got up and left. i'd just started feeling safe enough to get on a bus, but not very safe, and i came back to the hostel to lie down for a while.

i suspect a part of my suspicious breakfast was to blame. but maybe it was lunch? who knows.

eventually, i felt well enough to go outside, and i had a long chat with my mother followed by an excellent pita za'atar before returning to my capsule, where i've been lying on my tummy and playing more bloons adventure time and feeling much better.

i had a really nice goodnight call with mr smear, it was very gratifying to see him light up when i told him i'd pick him up from school tomorrow ^_^

the hostel is crazy right now, packed with revellers and filled with loud music and accompanied by a surprising array of smells, and i almost feel awkward about going to take a shower with all these drunk people in and out of the bathrooms.