finally the final coming up

Actually the end of my Friday shift was different than I thought. I was so tired and annoyed with everything that I basically told Lea you better double check that I counted the money right since I am not with it anymore. She was like okay. Elmer came by to pick me up and he got told to take good care of me. I got a back massage and we chilled until he had to go to work. I said that I would fix my dinner at 7pm and than just watch a bit of TV. Actually I finished my dinner and was asleep by 7.30pm and woke up at 9pm to turn off the TV and turned around afterwards. I woke up as Elmer came home and we chatted briefly before turning off the light again.

Saturday, the alarm went off at 7am for my breakfast and I had to be at work like 9am. Since I wasn’t quite with it the day before I had only the key for Funky and not for the main entrance. I had to wait until someone from Monoloco showed up to unlock the front door. I used the time to buy myself some lunch and had a tea with a cookie. I chatted with a guy who also is in Funky every now and than. Later on he had to go and I talked a bit more with Miguel. I opened almost an hour late but hey it was Saturday so who cares, right? Tourists sleep in and locals don’t want internet that early. Once I was up and running though I felt great after having had so much sleep I was like this is easy and it will be a good day. I watched the game Germany vs. Portugal here in Funky with some friends and it was good fun. Once I was done with my shift I was glad to hop out of here. Elmer had changed his shift so he got off at 6pm. I went to Jocotenango to pick up my FedEx package. In the bus I meet some of the guys who are friends from Elio and are from Germany and Switzerland. I chatted with them and got introduced to an American who now lives with Ema. The boys wanted to play ball but had to change so I got let in. Milton was in and we chatted a bit before I left again. They had some kind of small fair built up in the town square and it as draining all the electricity. I wanted to get a haircut and the lady went no problem if you trust me to cut it with this light. I was like it should be enough to just cut the split ends and once I was in the seat the lights came back on. The haircut was fine just the bangs are very short and I hope that they grow very quickly since right now they always fall in my eyes. I took the bus back to Antigua and picked Elmer up from work. We talked a bit about what we should do since we both had the night off, go out, have a drink ... since antibiotics and alcohol don't mix and I was getting tired of going out and sipping water or juices I was like I want to go out on one hand but on the other hand I just can’t be asked. We had a brief bite but not enough to fill our stomachs. He was like I will go out and buy us something. I had a mood swing out of no where and we ended up having a very serious conversation which took some hours. He needed some air after that one and was still hungry so he went out and I stayed in. He came back late and we chatted but skipped that topic and said lets talk abut it tomorrow.

Sunday, my fist day off this week and he had to go to work. I was helping him fix breakfast and when he left I happily went back to bed and chilled watching TV. Yes, it is Sunday so there isn’t all that much to do but the laundry was waiting to be done. So I took all the stuff during the final to the laundry place. I saw a few minutes from the first half and thought it was boring France vs. Italy! I got back home with my laundry right before the rain started and watched the last minutes of the overtime and than the golden goal shooting. It was kind of nice but nothing to go gaga about in my opinion although the fireworks looked really nice. Afterwards I tieded the room up and put away all the clothes. Elmer came home during his break and we chatted a bit. Once he was out of the house I started on my project called scrapbook for him. I got so into it that I had forgotten the time and when I heard the key in the door I was like what it is already that late. I told him that he can’t go upstairs just yet and he was like why. I told him birthday surprise. He is like a little kid and bombs me with questions as to what it is ... I love giving answers that just create more questions but don’t answer anything - so much more fun. He had some milk and I had some more water. I am finally getting there that I can drink my 3 liters per day without too much of a problem. He was pretty beat though since he had worked all day and he got a massage and than he was okay ... Although he had the morning shift he wasn’t really tired in that sense so we talked a bit while we both had our drinks and turned off the lights pretty late. Lots of things have been happening at his work. The bosses fired 4 guys on one day and they have implemented new rules, they put all the waiters on probation for a month, they now get monitored via the cameras and are supposed to rat out their colleagues if things look suspicious ... that makes right now for a bit awkward work atmosphere. I just don’t understand where that is coming from maybe all the redecorating etc. doesn’t go according to plan. The thing with two of the owners is that they have got tempers and they loose them frequently. They will chill eventually however you better stay away from them if you can. I am right now trying to make sure that he gets to work on time and only see him if I have to pass on a message so that they can’t use me as an excuse to fire him. In the afternoon I was called up by Jose and he asked me to come by so that I could have a look at the schedule and how it all works etc. I came over and got the grand tour. I got introduced to Jean-Marie from Amsterdam and we chatted away for a while in Dutch. It was funny when she said that her boy-friend had just started as a bartender in Monoloco. She was like the working hours never co-inside and she hates waiting for him to go home since she doesn’t like taking the tuc-tuc home by herself and prefers to walk with him ... seems so familiar one reason why I am so grateful for living so much closer.