That friend interested in enlistment decided to postpone it, but volunteered for the month-long civil defence training. Then, the recruiter (different, more seasoned) looked at me like a wolf on sheep, which was funny. He didn't stop even after seeing my service category evaluated at D (A is best, E means you're either blind or on a wheelchair), so I gave him the equivalent of a girl just wanting to be friends by showing dual citizenship and institute ID. There's protection from conscription, and then there's having recruiter give up on trying. There's gotta be an achievement for that.

I have a lot of work to do, though. Found my stride at teaching and made repeated lessons less tedious by forcing myself not to re-use examples or analogies (but still gave all in downloadable slides), but overall don't think this is a good fit for me. There are also three papers I contribute/coordinate, and it's been a pain. I don't mind juggling multiple different topics if it's just me, but when others are involved shit becomes unmanageable. Then there's some bullshit commitee... no me gusta, as ancient memers said.