Family, Money and Other Things, ...
03. Jul 2026 · Shkorpilovtsi, Bulgaria · 3 min read
After the torrential rainfall since 6:00 AM local time this morning, which then turned into light summer rain around 10:00 AM, I naturally had to deal with water in Frankie again.
It's just a small spot at the rear window and I was already able to identify the spot on the frame, at least on the inside. Since a "rainproof" tarp is stretched outside, it must be coming through the aluminum outer frame...and that will be the big construction site once I have enough money and a suitable place to renew everything and fit it with new outer rubber seals.
The sun is back, of course, and is beating down on this place with what feels like double intensity.
The shy painting boy named Ljeschesar from the neighboring site and the Bulgarian "food entrepreneur" named Kalin (cool guy, pretty fine products) stood in front of me after the rain and were looking forward to a joint training session, which I then gave them. We had fun and sweated properly 😉
I kept the swim session afterwards short, since I have quite a bit to do on the website. Unfortunately it didn't last long, as another "bug" appeared and I had to stop my efforts to assign the captured messages to the locations for now.
So the repair of the front wheel is next, where I was able to identify 2 more holes. My patch kit is slowly running out...LOL...so when I'm done with this text here, I'll check even more thoroughly this time whether I've really fixed all the holes in the tube now.
If it worked, I'm off to the next village to buy some groceries, herbs, vegetables and fruit, since the supermarket (small mom-and-pop store that calls itself "Supermarket") tops pharmacy prices...GRIN...they charged me EUR 2.40 for milk and EUR 3.40 for a small 150g cheese.
What's dampening my mood a bit right now is how my "family" is handling the agreements about the apartment handover. Rent doesn't come on time, installments for the deposit don't come at all. And I have to put up with being insulted too...these are harsh experiences that I currently have to integrate into my life as well. Nevertheless, I'm happy about my EXISTENCE and also enjoy these challenges, because it always goes on...
...so all of you have a wonderful course of the day and peaceful, joyful moments, ME 🥰
After the offer from the group "to check on things", my message comes in addition, to also make clear how I deal with such things (broken agreements, disrespect, refusal to communicate and similar stuff): "Ah Ole, old chap, many thanks for the offer! But since I no longer feel like "wars", I will once again write a little summary of the agreements, put that in an email and as a consequence, should neither a response nor a sensible proposal for a resolution come, simply cancel the apartment! It's a shame and yes, there were some people who certainly would not only have been grateful, but also would have implemented a stress-free process for me..."If only, if only, wishful thinking..." LOL..."
Have a peaceful course of the day, all of you, create joyful moments for yourselves and I wish you one more SMILE 😊