Between Hope and Desperation

This 10-day course begins tomorrow. At 9:00 a.m. I am sure it will go ok, actually the fact that it will go(away) is more important and encouraging.

Alone in the room that is still mine. The train trip was as aslways-ok, a couple of weird guys, some cute ones, well… the usual suspects. The view is the same but that will not tire me of watching it.

I was meaning to say something truly important all morning, but now that I am here, the only thing that springs to mind is, like, the battle with the cocroaches that is as ongoing as ever, the boredom of a lonely room,although better that a full room;tomorrow’s exertion…unimportant stuff.

Well, I am back in Sofia, and I always feel like hating it when I arrive from the old wrecky train and still, during the 40-minute drive with the marshrutka somehow i get attached to it again and somewhere right on Carigrdsko shose i get the feeling of love for the life i have here. I overwhelm with joy for the beautiful, interesting people that are here as opposed to home. I rejoice in the builboards as silly as that is and feel the various pluses of civilization. And by the time I get to my room I am kind of happy to be back(to my second home).

So, if you are looking for me, I am back.

…On Bulgarian tennis after the glorious victory of Grigor Dimitrov on the Youth Wimbledon Championship. Go Grigor!!! This is great news, some of the best in the business predict this 17-year old boy a great career and the potential to someday beat both Federer and Nadal. The latter I hope gets painfully punked.

Also about Grigor: He is from Haskovo, which is like 20 minutes away from my hometown, and in fact is my birth town; he is on the team of the Varna Tennis Club; his father is his coach and sold his car and mortgaged his house to get him to Wimbledon; G is incredibly cute and also quite shy in front of the cameras. One can really tell he is new in the business, which is great plus for him. All in all, he is my new most favourite tennis player.

I wish him all the best from now on and promise to follow his successes closely.