Again I have been remiss in my blogging duties and, again, I blame it on STILL not having Internet service at home. I have to have the rental agency fill out several papers in the name of my landlord in order to have Internet service connected. At this rate, I might have it up and running by Christmas. The best part of all of this is having called the Internet company 5-7 times today and pressing 3 for English only to get (EVERY TIME) a person who does not speak English and tells me in broken English that they can’t help me but they’ll have someone call me back. Rrrrrright. For me, one of the most frustrating things about living in a country where you don’t speak the language is not being able to do simple tasks on your own. That being said, I apologize to all my peeps for being so out of touch. I have no phone either so it’s tough to communicate. I think I’m getting an iPhone soon though, so that sitch will be remedied.

I have been getting the flat in order and I made another trip to hell (IKEA on a Saturday) to get some additional things. Hotel Sharkey is shaping up pretty nicely. It’s so great to have my couch back in my life; I hope we never separate again. 🙂

I’ve been having a lot of fun w/ a group of my American friends. I’ve met some other great people through them and we had a super fun night last Saturday. However, the older I get, the longer it takes me to recover from these all nighters. Sheesh. I’m in the “curl up with a good book” phase of my life but I’m glad I have young friends to still force me out sometimes. 🙂

My friend Anne’s dog Carrot is absolutely adorable and I’d like to adopt one of my own but I think it’s too much responsibility for me. I was imagining having to walk the dog in the middle of winter and crying the whole time. I guess my cat person tendencies run deep – not just the being crazy part but also the too lazy to walk a dog part. 🙂 So maybe I’ll look into the Hungarian kitty adoption options. Speaking of cats, Michael the cat turned 21 years old this week!!! WOO WOO! He was my high school graduation gift which makes me, in a word, old.

I’m off to have drinks with friends at an outdoor pub called a kertek or kert for short. It’s like a biergarten.

Jó éjt  (Good night)!

C