replay

 it's been a long day, i'm exhausted but also a bit wired.

getting mr smear to school went smoothly, but then gd and i had a fight about her being triggered by something and we both handled it badly. we eventually sorted ourselves out, but not without setting a shit tone for the morning.

on the way to the office i stopped by the pain clinic, and was fortunate to find gd's doctor in his office. he sorted us out with the updated documents pretty quickly, so tomorrow morning i'll restart the application.

i'm glad i got my work done today, because it was in spite of the fact that i had to pick mr smear up from school because gd wasn't feeling up for it, then bussed to shuk hacarmel to meet me team there for my own birthday lunch and enjoy an amazing frena, then took a slow walk to get an artisanal coffee (picking up a really expensive but really good mango-granadilla-pomegranate fruit shake along the way), then returned to the office just in time for a birthday "happy hour" (the vegan crepes weren't great, but it was a nice sentiment).

i spoke to a couple of my coworkers today about the pivot situation, including my manager. on the one hand, i'm going to explore my options and see what's going on, but on the other, i'm not unhappy where i am and there's a chance we'll figure ourselves out and do something interesting. so no (immediate) stress.

i left the office around 6pm, and arrived home with barely enough time to settle before a 7pm meeting with a man who i'm describing as "an ice-cold caraffe of lemonade in the middle of the desert". the rest of the evening's been mostly about following up on that meeting and it's both exciting and tiring.

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i wrote an article over a month ago on medium that's really got traction over the past few days, it's quite an experience!

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i think i might be too tired to play shadowrun returns, which is a bit disappointing. i'm really enjoying it, and it's amazing to me that while everything feels familiar, i barely remember any details!