the heat!!

The heat is oppressing. The city of Sofia is under heavy smoke and heat is making it even harder to breathe. My sister, God bless her soul, is driving me around as if I am miss Daizy and she is Morgan Freeman. I like being driven around and she is an excelent driver, the problem however is the car. She owns a Trabant. It's an old East-German car that is made out of cardboard, believe it or not. It is very old and has no airconditioning. The roof gets so hot that you can't touch it from the inside. The moment we walk into Pesho (that's the nickname she has given it. There is an annoying tendency in our familly to name things---I had my scooter Put-Put,) we start pouring sweat and there is no stoping until we get out. On top of that, Pesho has no shocks so every little bump on the road is felt by both our asses and let me tell you the roads here DO have, not only bumps, but big holes too. Imagine the ride in this contraption every day, to and from the hospital and with the way other people drive, which is really crazy, I always feel blessed and lucky to be alive. I think it's funny how quickly I became religious. I thank God every day for all that he has given me and my family.
Speaking of family, dad is still not out of the woods but I think he is going to make it. He is getting better, very slowly and at times he regresses, but I think that I can see an improvement overall. I thank God for my mother because without her he would not be able to make it. The woman is unbelievable. She has moved into his room in the hospital and takes care of him 24 hours a day. I love her.
Last night I surprised two of my best friends here, Chris and Juro. I told my sister to call them and tell them that I had sent something for them and she has to see them both so she can give it to them. Juro owns a really sweet bar, so we, me and my sister, met them there. I should have had a camera because the looks on their faces was priceless. Juro has not seen me in 15 years and Chris in 10. I do talk to him often on the phone but they had no idea. What a trip. We drank until about 4am and I managed to get pretty drunk, but that was to be expected.
I am glad for them because they are both very intelegent and interesting guys who were able to calm me down and install a bit of confidance in my countrymen, which I lacked for the last couple of days. Really, it was a great feeling to see two young, intelegent people and their perspective on life in BG and the fact that they are funny as hell doesn't hurt either. I look foreward to getting some more of that quality time with them and reconnecting with others who I have not seen in ages.
Rudo is coming on the 24th and i'm very exited to see him. It wold be interesting to see someone, a Bulgarian, whom I have met in the States in BG. I don't know why exactly, but I think it is because I'm curious to see him in this surroundings and maybe some of his friends. You know what they say, show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are, or something like that.
So, I guess that's it for now. I'm going to chalk this up as a good first blogg, since I have no way of comparing it to another post because as I said, it is the first one. I'll try to keep writing on daily bases but we'll see. Your comments are HIGHLY encouraged. I'm interested in your opinion on everything that has to do with this blogg. And please don't be shy. Love, George.