I took next week off, so I have 10 days of rest ahead of me.
Unofficially, though, since there is a planned power outage at the mall where my office is, it means that tomorrow morning I will have to log on to work, uncomment all the cron jobs and manually run all the jobs that were supposed to run at night. So not much vacation there. :(
The weather in Israel - sunny, with chances of sunnier. Today we had 24ºC, and it's supposed to rise gradually to 28º in Saturday. Hello? This is January, people. It's supposed to be what, in the teens!
I'm a bit worried about Proxy, my cat. She's been vomiting every day for a week or so. Occasional mishaps are nothing to be worried about, but when it happens every day... Yesterday was a really bad day for that with at least 4 times that I counted. I did recently change one of the food brands they eat (I always give them two kinds) because my cat food supplier ran out of Science Plan. So yesterday I decided to throw away what remained of the new brand and give them only Proplan - which they are used to - until I get my hands on Science Plan again. In the morning I found yet another "surprise", but now that I came from work there was nothing from today so I am hoping she is better, but I'll keep an eye on her, and if this continues, I'll go to the vet's tomorrow. The cat herself doesn't seem to be feeling too bad - she is playful and jumps all the way up the fridge, so I'm hoping it's a good sign.
My calligraphy teacher decided to start me on a new technique for the new year... I've been studying "kaisho" until now, which is the modern printing style. Now he started me on "gyousho" - the cursive style, which is more flowing and all the strokes are connected to each other. There is an even more cursive style called "sousho" which is totally incomprehensible. Anyway, it's a real challenge since you have to execute "gyousho" in a flowing manner, rather than the careful, stroke-by-stroke execution of "kaisho".
Anyway, he still expects me to do homework on four-letter expressions in kaisho in addition to the homework in the new technique... aaaaa!
My sister has been telling me that ever since her daughter joined the military, their relationship has improved significantly. Apparently, before that, she used to study very hard, enclosed in her room with her classmates. When she finished school, she used to work long shifts, and then go hang with her friends. She never had much patience for her mother. Now that she's in the military, when she gets her weekends off, all she wants to do is just snuggle at home and be coddled, and share her new experiences. I told my sister she should write a thank-you letter to the Chief of Staff. :)
My scooter is back and in good shape. Yay for cheap mobility. On Monday I nearly blew a fuse in my brain, I was so frustrated and annoyed at the mechanics and the taxi driver that took me to my calligraphy lesson. I hardly calmed down enough to be able to put brush to paper.
Tomorrow is a busy day. In addition to the bits of work I have to do, there is:
- Picking up a parcel from the post office (probably the Japanese books I ordered).
- Buying some seeds and nuts for the basketball game. The games are on now that New Year's is gone.
- Possibly the vet (hope not).
- Usual grocery shopping.
- Try to get Science Plan from some other pet shop. I also need filters for the drinking fountain.
- If I get to Dizengoff Center, also try to pick up a gift for my German friend who has a birthday soon.
- Japanese online chat scheduled for 16:00.
- Either hosting or riding over to Z's to watch the game.