yes, I am still alive

but I work a lot so there really isn't all that much to tell since it is pretty much same old, same old ...

Maybe I should give you all an idea of what my routine week looks like here.
• Monday I work in Funky from 8-16h and than it is the night off. I either go home or nap for an hour or so. If we want to have dinner together at home than I will usually go to the supermarket and buy some food. He will get off work around 6pm and than we spend the evening together. Usually we go out for drinks at night and meet friends.
• Tuesday he goes and visits his son and parents during the day while I work. At night he works and I tend to get a shift at Flor.
• Wednesday pretty much the same as Tuesday
• Thursday I only work in Funky and he has his day off and when he returns from seeing his son we spend time together. At night we go out dancing and meet up with friends.
• Friday I tend to take off and we try to do stuff together until he has to start work at 6pm and I sometimes also get a shift after 6pm at Flor.
• Saturday is normally my day off and I visit the market and buy fresh vegetables and fruit etc. do laundry, do house cleaning etc. At night when he is off work we spend time together and go out and meet friends.
• Sunday we both work double shifts and are really tired by the time we are both in bed.
For those of you who are interested in my working hours Funky are like either 7-8 hours and at Flor it is 5-7 hours. Since I do double shifts on 3 days during the week normally I am pretty tired afterwards as it might be understandable but it means that I am able to not touch my savings at home so frequently.

The last weeks are just flying by even more than usually. Last week Thursday we had a party at our place. It was good fun. After that the whole group of about 10 people went to La Chimera to dance. Buena Vista Social Club was performing there that night and the fee was 20Q to get in for standards here that is expensive but the music was really great and we all had a lot of fun. Some of us had pretty bad hang overs the next day o,)))

The week before it was the birthday off a girl from the house and we got invited as well. We know the people from the house better ... it was also good fun but at our place it is more fun!

Yesterday we had friends over for drinks and it got rather late so today I feel slightly spaced out but that isn't too bad I guess. I mean there is always tomorrow and today will take care of itself. I life here a lot more than back home. I will nap between shifts since with the weather being what it is – high humidity and it just makes everyone tired!

HOME, GUYS YOU CAN JOT DOWN IN YOR AGENDAS I WILL BE BACK IN GERMANY 12. OCTOBER 2006 AND I'LL BE ON MY GERMAN MOBILE THAN AGAIN AND PARTLY ON MY DUTCH ONE!!!

The low season is here and work is very boring but than again it suits me fine in some ways. As for Funky Monkey it is fine because I have to research a lot of things and find out things. As for Flor I don't mind that I don't have to run so much otherwise I would be even more tired at night and just fall into bed.

Our wedding plans are proceeding well and it looks as if things will be sorted out quicker than expected if my side is done and dusted when I return end of October. To get all the information that I needed I had to correspond with the German embassies in Amsterdam, Guatemala City and Bogota and they are all very helpful and efficient! I have now also learnt a lot more about the international law when international documents are involved 0,))