So many things happened… I’ve read it all, but if I answer everybody I won’t be getting any work done and there’s a course that I promised to a coworker we’d be able to take a first look at it this afternoon. Thanks for the hugs and the laughs, you guys are the bestestest.
QD, we want to knooooooooow! We only have LiLi’s version, we need yours!
I finally realized that I was having, not just a down day, but a bad day. Bad day as in time goes by and I don’t even notice, how can it be noon already, stand up and the world twirls oooops!, food tastes like wet cardboard even though my eyes know it should be spicy. We had a meeting after lunch and I think I just looked like a shrunk-up cardboard cutout of me; then we had some horribly boring training (who decided that 3 hours of slides is a good idea?) but I only needed to stay for the first hour, so I took off as soon as I could. During the training I started getting Dioram Vision, which is not a superpower: it’s when objects that my brain knows to be 3D look like they’re flat and things which I know to be connected look like they’re not. Like a dioram where for example somebody’s jacket is on one plane and his hand in another. I really don’t see why do people take drugs, I get funny visions without paying for colored pills! If I knew what the hell causes this, I probably could bottle it and make a killing with the rave crowd.
Good thing I wasn’t in a hurry, ‘cos I hit the ARHT (Anti Rush Hour Traffic, aka “going nowhere slow time”). It’s always kind of cute, being on the highway, with all those flashing signs reminding everybody that we’re not supposed to go over 100km/h… and we’re stop’n’go. The same distance that had been 45’ in the morning took about 90’ in the afternoon. Like I said, good thing I wasn’t in a hurry. Also, the dizzy was mildish, so when I was sitting down I wasn’t dizzy. Once I’d reached the two main exits into Basel I was going “against the tide” so the traffic on my side of the road pretty much disappeared. I went to the supermarket and bought some stuff I really, really needed (the carts are the kind where you have to push the handle to get them moving, so they make good walkers). You know those times when you’re thinking “I oughta get new bras” and then you try on a bra and say “ohmyGOD, did I need new bras!”? There was only one wireless model in the right size and I took all the copies they had 
Made sure to check the labels, because sometimes the size on the hanger and on the piece of clothing aren’t the same. I also bought these snow boots which make my feet warm just by looking at them, so now I’ll be able to go out for walks even if it’s snowed. I already had boots and warm clothing, but the boots soles weren’t the best for snow.
I’d made an appointment with Mom to call her at 9pm. I called her a bit early. Cellphone off, she’s not answering at home, several times. At 10pm, still no answer. On Saturday I’d skyped with her and Lilbro, and Lilbro had decided to install skype. He still doesn’t have a microphone, but I saw he was on and pinged him, to see if he knew of any further developments in any of the home fronts. So, he calls her cellphone: disconnected (duh). He calls her home: not there (re-duh). Don’t cha love it when people run again the same checks you just did? What does he think he is, my little brother or customer service? He then called our bro, no answer. Bro’s wife, ah, finally someone alive and talking! Mom had left their house at 7pm, they figured she must be out with her friend Rita. I figure not, since the two of them have changed schedules so they meet with The Nephew on tow, but heck, if the bros who actually see her every day can’t be bothered to know that much, I’m not going to be making noise, specially since I can’t hit them with something that would break satisfactorily. I hope she was with Adriana, who’s been known to take over half an hour of agony just to choose which jacket should she wear. Will try calling tonight.
