purimon haul

i'm feeling absolutely exhaustipated. probably going to bed soon.

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today started off well. i helped mr smear get himself and his mishloach manot to school, he was very happily dressed up as a knight. i helped gd with the dishes, and then left for work early because i knew i was going to be out of the office for a couple of hours in the afternoon.

a lot of my work day was dealing with a broken machine and some software issues, but i did make a little progress by the end, and i did help my lead get his work done on time which was really important.

gd went to her sewing lesson today, and we'd planned to meet at home and then pick up mr smear together, with her carrying his mishloach manot home and me taking him to the orthopod. what actually happened was that mr smear called me much earlier than expected to inform me that school was out already and he needed help getting everything home, and on my way to get him i realized that with all of yesterday's drama i'd missed the memo informing us that school ended early :/

he had to wait for me for about half an hour, but he has a phone so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i found him and his impressive haul in very good spirits. i've seen photos from the day, and it did me a lot of good to see him full of smiles and having a good time ^_^

we carried everything home together, and at that point the day had become hot enough that i needed to switch to shorts. while we waited for gd to return, i talked to him about some things. some dealing-with-life things.

when i came home, i tried to help him with his homework but he blew up over a misunderstanding - those dealing-with-life-things became immediately relevant, but he didn't give a fuck and he refused to throw away the spade he was digging himself a hole with.

gd and i must have fought with him for at least an hour before he finally returned to his senses and could be reasoned with, and the experience was not only utterly insane but also thoroughly exhausting.

i helped him with a couple of homework questions, and then we ate dinner, and by the time he finally climbed into bed it was already 8.25pm and i had a meeting with gco and a potential partner at 8.30pm.

holy shit.

we went in to the meeting with little in the way of expectations, and i'm excited to report that it was a very constructive meeting. hopefully they'll start making some magic happen, and if they play it right there'll be exciting steps to follow.