July 29, 2010 (9:50 AM)

I'm lying in bed right now. I ended up catching tonsillitis after all.

Last Friday, I picked up my SSC and headed home to the NorthEast. I felt unwell on the bus. By the next day, my throat was sore and I had a headache. Still, not wanting to 'burn' my business, I went out to sell water. It was extremely hot with heavy traffic—the result was 27 bottles in an hour—beautiful.

Then I was sick for a week, gargling, resting, and taking anti-inflammatory pills—American ones (Lanina). It's a shame, because the week turned out to be really hot, 90-100°F.

During this time, the guys found some work—Sanya and Andryukha served a Russian party on Sunday with Lanna and got $60 each. Then, Egor's job needed someone for roofing—Andryukha went, but came back because there was no work—they had promised $100. Yesterday he got $80 for siding. Sanya left for 3 days to move furniture in a hotel—moving. In short, there is work if you have the desire.

I wanted to change my flight date to the end of August, but decided not to do it for now ($70 for the change with AirFrance). I want to stay here a bit longer, go somewhere, maybe to the ocean.

Anyway, I feel much better today, so I think I'll start selling water again tomorrow) it's cool.

At the end of August, I'm going to Atlantic City. In September, I'll go to New York for about 3 days before my flight. It's modest, but it makes me happy.