straightforward

 i picked up the package in one of the most gorgeously designed buildings in tel aviv (although some of its internals seem to be in a state of disrepair, and the doormen were only kind of helpful).

it was a pretty good workday, i tried using a notebook to keep myself focused during the weekly update and it seemed to help a bit.

by the end of the day, i'd managed to make some progress, but on the way home i realized that i'd left out something important...

anyway, the evening was pleasant, for the second night in a row i read from edith hamilton's mythology and we discussed the parallels with other things we're familiar with (in particular, hades' invisible cap, and pallas athena being born fully formed from zeus' head).

then gd and i settled in to watching the rest of the original beverly hills cop, which still holds up as an entertaining movie, even though it's a real showcase of eighties everything 😂

i've been a bit nervous about going to bed early tonight, so i've gotten a bunch of reading done (internet articles, really), but i am starting to feel sleepy.