limbo

yesterday:

i didn't sleep very well. at all. then i got up and published an article on how ridiculous the facetime reactions are (well, that they're enabled automatically and affect all video call apps), which i only realized was a thing while chatting with my mom before dinner.

after hours of doing not much, i found a couple of interesting games available via our playstation plus subscription, and i didn't realize until we were on our way to the park that mr smear preferred walking because he believed that it would take longer than cycling, and he didn't want to come home before the downloads were complete.

wtaf.

then he made it weirder by getting upset with me for suggesting that next time we take the bikes we take a frisbee as well, because he thinks that's too complicated.

eh?!?

anyway, most of the walk was nice, and he very enthusiastically (ahem) dived in to dave the diver when we returned. and then minecraft legends when it was ready.

the generally good vibe was brought to a screeching halt in the evening when the oven tripped the board, and then we heard a small explosion when we tried again (and it tripped the board again). our landlords are garbage. they're refused to fix the plumbing until it bursts again. we're concerned we might have damp behind the kitchen cupboards.

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my mom bought him an activity book (tricky puzzles) ages ago, i think for when we flew here, and he never showed much interest in it until now. now he's thoroughly enjoying it, and it reminds me of how much i enjoyed those things when i was a kid.

gd and i watched another episode of fallout, then hit the hay.

today:

i didn't sleep well, but i did sleep a bit better.

the last day of fight camp, getting out of bed went relatively smoothly but then we made the mistake of rewarding his cooperation by letting him play a game. and then he refused to stop playing without a fight.

goddamn.

by the time i got him into the gym, i felt like i deserved a medal. perhaps two.

anyway, i made sure he was fine (apparently it wasn't a great day, but whatever) and then returned home, did some work and waited for the oven repair guy. he was great, at least, and gd's going to test the oven tomorrow morning and we'll see if we need to buy a new one or not. if we don't, though, we've at least learned that the "turbo" setting she's been using for the past year is probably the reason the oven hasn't been cooking things properly.

we both went to azrieli and then i said goodbye and continued on to work. it was an interesting workday, both socially and work-wise, and overall i feel pretty good about it.

i came home, we had dinner, put mr smear to bed, and watched some more fallout. i should probably go to bed soon.

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i'm very grateful we have the day off tomorrow.