September

My dear,

Continuing my enthusiastic elan, I am currently writing to you to tell how my days have passed since you left in mid-August. Mostly I will write about the first days of September, considering how bad I felt almost during the entire previous month.

Village People

At the end of July I decided not to take a day-off during August, in order to combine the days at the beginning of September and to enjoy some time in or villa near Dryanovo. I really wanted to take you there, but I couldn’t go before that and arrange everything and also, the second wedding and you having a guest from France made it almost impossible for us to go there together. That’s why I think the road trip we did on the last day of July was a wonderful idea at that time.

The last time I went to our villa with my grandmother at the end of April, someone had broken inside and there was a lot of mess. Luckily, nothing super precious was taken, but we had a lot of negative moments while waiting for the police to come and investigate. There were some windows broken and also one of the glasses was pulled down and left on the balcony, with drops of blood on it. We previously had the glass of one of the bigger windows cracked, but it wasn’t so bad; when we got there at the end of April (and to celebrate Easter), there was a hole in it.  I think the damages were more… windows-oriented and, considering how difficult and, maybe, expensive it would be to buy and put the new ones, so I can say it was serious. Also, when my great-grandfather constructed the house, he wanted bigger windows and lighter rooms, thus making the size of the windows quite unusual for these days. 

We went again at the end of June, because I had to go to the police in the town to testify against the thieves who turned out to be two underage brothers, who had escaped from a detention center in the near village. Of course, at the end they were found not guilty and no measures would be taken for them to “return on the right path of life”. This, my dear, is called Bulgarian justice system, and it is useless as all the effort we put in seeking our right.

Anyway, as summer was drawing to its end, we decided that September was the perfect month to visit our villa for the third time. And, luckily, nothing bad happened at that time. I wish we went together with you! No snakes, broken/stolen things or dog mites (as the one that bit me and I had to go to the hospital for an injection at the end of June), or even dead mice, hiding in unexpected places. The weather was cooler and much more bearable than the summer heat during July or even August.  My initial plan was to go there only with my granny, but my cousin and my brother decided they wanted to join us. We had 5 days filled with lots of work, fun, with a pinch of Korean drama. My cousin is all against the Korean wave, but there was no escaping when each evening we watched “Descendants of the Sun”. I think she liked it, because she decided to stay and watch the drama with us after the first night. 

If I had the chance to take you there now, I would definitely do it! We cleaned the garden from the grass and sprouted trees and, as we do each time, tidied up the house (we couldn’t do it properly the last time, since it was only granny and me). I must say, even with one or two people more, we did a lot of work.  My cousin brought her new camera and took a lot of photos. I wanted to make a photo shoot, but we were too ugly, dirty and tired for that, hahaha!

 Rock(-your-ears) Festival

Right after we came back from our trip, there was a Rock festival the other day.  This year it was held in the city center and not in the arena that opened last year.  You could say that this meant an easier escape from the loud noises and screams, but no way! I don’t think I can call it a rock festival, since the “music” there was much more… hm, harder, I guess. Honestly, I enjoyed the one from last year when Nazareth were guests (not that I am their fan, but their music was definitely more melodic and reminded me of Queen). Considering the fact that there are a lot of fans (with hair longer than mine), including our mayor (who doesn’t have any hair, but is also a fan), I think that this (so-called) rock music will definitely be more respected in terms of concerts in the nearest future. Not bad, but why they don’t make a K-pop concert? It will be awesome! (SHINee-e-e!!!Wo-hohooo!) I have the feeling that if there is a K-pop festival in our town someday, it will be when I am dead or retired… (The solution is to go somewhere else, haha!)

New School/Uni Year

As September was progressing, the time to go back to school came. This year is the first year of high school for my brother and the first year at the university for my cousin. He is enrolled in the same high school as me, although he chose Informatics as his main subject; and she will begin her studies at our university. It is really strange to see them going through things that are now behind my back. Nostalgia, sadness, joy and pride are the feelings that occupy my heart these days. I hope that my brother will enjoy his school years much more than I did. I wish him to find his first love, to be both happy and sad, nervous and excited, tired but determined to succeed.

I hope that my cousin will see what really feels to be a student, to go to exams and, hopefully, to meet teachers and professors that will shape her view of the world in some way. The rest depends on her. University may be a way to connect to the real world, but it definitely won’t show her how to live her life.  Good luck to both of them! :)

Speaking of school…I bought myself a new backpack! It is not so big as my last one, but it’s more compact and looks classy. I hope you like it!

In my last post about our summer I forgot to thank you for the presents. You really surprised me! I had the idea to make a selfie, dressed in the black dress from you, accompanied with the watch on my hand, eating the ramen noodles. I imagined it quite funny, since I told you that the pack of noodles would be eaten in my saddest moment. Now the weather is quite cold for the dress and, luckily, I still haven’t had a very sad moment this autumn, but I will surely tell you about the taste of the noodles soon. Once again, thank you for all the mentioned (and not mentioned) presents and for the precious moments we had together!

I can see that I used a lot of words to describe everything so far, which is not bad, but may bore you. I hope that you will enjoy the writings and ideas that I have prepared for you and hopefully I will be more persistent in terms of writing here.

Expect some little surprises, my dear!

In the meantime it would be wonderful if you take some time to write me a letter. Don’t worry if you can’t – I will be happy even if you read at least one of mine.

Hugs,

R.