adulting

 the interview was a bit weird.

firstly, the office is much closer to home than i expected. it's in ramat gan, not tel aviv, and i think it's the first time i've been up in a tall building in the area because the views were surprisingly spectacular.

secondly,  the moment we sat down for the interview itself my interviewers were shocked that i hadn't brought my laptop with me. i'd actually thought about bringing it with me, funnily enough, but it's such an odd thing to do i'd decided against it.

the interview itself may or may not have gone well. mainly because it took me a while to get to what they were looking for, but the conversation we had along the way was a real conversation, and interesting, so hopefully that satisfied them.

i was pleased to get a phone call from my mentor, after i emailed him a post-interview update, in which he was furious about them expecting me to bring a laptop :P [as we both agreed: it wouldn't have been unreasonable if they'd asked me to, but they didn't]

after i got home, put together a quick diagram and sent it, and spoke to my mentor, mr smear left for the comics library to go and read chainsaw man, which i'd told him i didn't want him reading. i took care of a bunch of random things, and then all of a sudden i got a call from him, on his way home, explaining that he'd put back chainsaw man after deciding it really was inappropriate because the protagonist was behaving badly and was intending to act in a way that's he felt was sexual assault.

so i'm relieved, and gd and i are both very proud of him.

he got home, i passed out on the couch, gd went to the dentist for first aid.

she came back early, having been at the dentists' office at the right time to be able to make an appointment to see one tomorrow morning (as opposed to waiting hours for first aid). so that's cool.

mr smear and i fired up oxygen not included together (i kibbitzed), and we both had a great experience!

in the evening, the three of us hopped on a bus to meet up with the mongoose and his daughter at the mall. we discovered, when we got to the lego store, that he was shopping for a late birthday present for mr smear, who ended up with the very exciting monster book of monsters!

we spent the next half hour or so struggling to find a place to eat, because everywhere we thought of was closed already. eventually, we ended up at lampur, which had excellent options for veganizing dishes, and although it was quite pricey the food was excellent and we all had a great time :)

afterwards, we all took a short stroll through the park, and then we got a ride home, and it was very late by the time mr smear finally got into bed.

now it's very late and i'm deciding whether i should be getting into bed, or playing a bit first...

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oh! on the way out this evening we did something we haven't felt able / been inclined to do in forever - we booked tickets to a comedy show! in february. on a school night. with no intention of hiring a babysitter.

(to be fair, it's an early show)