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I have nothing in particular to write about but a lot of little different things

It began snowing again here 2 nights ago. I took Oscar out at about 10 and saw that the nursery next door had a nice fenced-in playground behind it. I took Oscar Man there and he was so excited over the snow that he started running circles around me and did about 50 laps. He tired himself out quite well and I ended up bringing him home and watching him crash out straight away.

I took him there again last night and he wasnt into it at all. Then I realized it had snowed more and it was actually too high for his short little legs. Poor pup. He wanted to paly but couldnt run in the snow very well. We came home instead.

My co-worker Camelia has bought a big Pedigree bone for Oscar as a treat. He's going to love that. Camelia has become my walking home partner and the walk home is starting to be something I look forward to each day. She is such a calm personality and we think the same regarding many issues, so it is a pleasure sharing that 20 minute walk home with her. Oscar likes her a lot too, so you know she's cool if Oscar has taken to her.

My friend Petya is in the hospital. She's pregnant and has a mild fever so she has been there for almost 2 weeks. I went to see her Saturday, Sunday and yesterday and I have to say the state of the hospitals is shameful here. The floor tiles are broken (linoleum in fact) the lights have no covers, and all the wiring of the fluorescent lights is hanging out, the intercom next to the beds are out of order, the bedside tables are in ruins, and the beds are the same beds I had in my first apartment. Wire hammocks. The whole place is in disarray and no one has repaired or renovated anything since the turn of the century it seems. (Armenian exaggeration again). I hate to be sick in this country!

How they expect anyone to recover in those conditions is beyond me!

We have started the second term, and the kids are better. First day was pretty loud but that is to be expected. My grade nines still have no pulse but then the grade 8s make up for it ten fold.

This DVD player may well be the best purchase I have made here in Bulgaria. I watched "The Butterfly Effect" last night and though it was a hard film to watch, I loved it. I didn't quite guess the ending though I had an idea. It was very well done and to me didn't leave any huge hanging threads like so many Hollywood films do with their impossible storylines.

I've been told I should see "How High" but have a feeling I saw enough of that in my married days, so I will pass. HAHA

17 days till S shows up here. I am counting........