weekend recovery

 fuck. i was supposed to get stuff done this morning, and not only am i feeling post-puff unmotivated* but i've just spent quite a lot of time trying to make sense of my priorities and making sure that i receive my copy of almighty that i backed. 

* ironically, i didn't sleep too well last night. that is to say: i didn't sleep badly, but i was awake for a fair chunk of the morning nonetheless.

and i've been feeling tired pretty much since mr smear and i got home yesterday afternoon.

friday evening:

between posting and dinner, we sat down and - for the first time since mr smear started begging us around age four - started watching the first venom movie. we got about halfway through, and it was awesome!

we went upstairs for dinner. mr smear wasn't happy because the plates weren't sparkling (they'd come out of their dishwasher with some bits baked on, another reason i'm not a fan of dishwasher machines), so he barely ate, and although most of the evening was nice (good food, and mr smear entertained himself and us with their piano), there were some uncomfortable bits towards the end as there was a weird issue with their teenager and the food, followed by a heavy conversation about how to pivot when AI makes your job obsolete (big data's wife is an editor of a dying print publication).

yesterday:

before going to bed, i tried out an AI-generated GTA clone based in tel aviv, which was surprisingly fun.

did i sleep well on friday night? i guess?

mr smear and i got up early - not without pushback - and got ready to go to the skate park with cm and his kids. he came to pick us up, and then we stopped by his place to pick up his kids, and they all reconnected while struggling to squish in the back and bonded over mr smear regaling them with darwin award stories.

the skate park in ramat gan is seriously cool! a huge section of it is shaded, and i tried hard to push mr smear enough to make progress, but not too much to avoid putting him off. ultimately, he got the hang of one of the sections and had a good time! i also had a good time, i kept it relatively simple though some of the bits i tried turned out to be a little more challenging than i'd expected :P

there were only a couple of other people there when we arrived, by the time we left (around noon) the place was getting crowded, and apparently that's nothing compared to how it is in the evenings. it was so cool seeing cm's kids really pushing themselves (and the middle child not giving up on his skateboard), and seeing so many other kids really into it ^_^

the ride back was less cool, and it was a bummer that the fighting in the back got to a point where - two blocks from their home - cm kicked his eldest out and made her walk... i mean, i totally get it, but it kinda sucked that that was our goodbye when she and mr smear get along so well.

anyway, he gave us a ride back home, and after showering we agreed to finish watching venom. in retrospect, i think it was a mistake; not only should we have gotten the floor cleaning out of the way first, but even after we fixed the blinds it was still too bright to fully appreciate some of the action sequences. having said that, it was a really great experience.

i passed out during the credits. possibly a little before? i was pretty tired.

once i'd napped and caffeined up, it was time to wash the floors. mr smear made sure that it took us a looooot longer than it needed to, and along the way he seems to have damaged the vacuum cleaner. not completely broken, but badly enough that we have to be careful now and it's just another thing i need to somehow take care of.

like the fridge door that's suddenly begun squeaking.

yesterday evening was okay, and i took a puff and went to bed pretty early. in spite of some of the afternoon's drama, it was a good day, primarily established with the skate park excursion. i'm really glad mr smear had a good time.

this morning so far:

i'm already running late to go to work. i did manage to start my day right, on the balcony reading the second book of kick-ass. while putting agents to work yesterday i realized that i do need the higher-tier professional subscription for codex, and this morning (in the background) i did managed to do a little desk clearing, so hopefully tonight / tomorrow i'll make some more progress on the important projects.