Disaster has struck!

Misfortune has fallen upon me recently and my computer has died. This is a serious event, since my computer contains pretty much everything that I use on a day to day basis. Malko Turnovo was a boring place to live before, but now it has become mind numbingly so.

(The victim)

I'm not sure what went wrong with it, and I took it into a shop to get it repaired last Wednesday but I don't even think they have looked at it yet. I'm hoping its something easy and cheap to repair and I can have it back and working again by the middle of this week. My worst fear is that its some major issue with the hard drive and the computer place loses all my information. Music and movies aside, this would mean the loss of all my trip pictures, all my documents and pretty much all my important information. I had been getting ready to back up all my info when the 'incident' took place, and in retrospect I should have been a bit quicker with it.

Aside from that though, things are going well. Tourism in Bulgaria this year is slower than normal and as a result we are getting less visitors in the park. It means less work for me because last year I spent a good deal of time working with foreign visitors and this year not so much. The flip side is that I have more time to hike, work on projects, and do other things. Still though, work in general is slower than I would like it to be. Things seem to be winding down already though, and I recently received a packet of information on stuff I have to do to prepare for my 'close of service' seminar, which will be held next month. I have less than four months left here and I have a feeling that the time will just fly by. It seems that it was just beginning of May a few weeks ago and now its moving into July. The summer will be over way too quickly.

(The Black sea)

My brother is also on his way over here to spend a bit of time, and I am super excited for it. I secured a pretty sweet apartment for him in Burgas and he should arrive here tomorrow or the day after. After that, it will be a lot of laid back beach weekends with him and my friends from the coast. Cant wait!

(the brother)