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Today was quite eventful. After waking up - by the way, my nights are better in the cold bedroom, but there is still room for improvement in this segment of my insignificant life - and devouring breakfast with the much-needed coffee, I went down to my new office to continue to separate the needed goods from the not-needed goods. Fortunately, Ági came down to help me, so the two-and-a-half hours we spent there were worth our efforts. My office still looks like a mess, but it is an organised mess this time. Anyway, four more days before our holiday, there is plenty of time to progress and achieve what we want to accomplish.

The wasps that found refuge under our roof feel tickety-boo. The guy, who was supposed to come today to exterminate these uninvited guests, didn't show up. He wasn't even concerned about letting us know whether he would deign to visit us for a displeasingly considerable amount of money. The price - 200 euros - he asked for the job that takes no longer than 45 minutes maximum was extortionate. Luckily, Ági had another guy's telephone number and who was willing to come tomorrow for a fraction of the previous guy's fee. That's capitalism for you.

The English class with Charlette was fantastic. Today's lesson was about the senses, and I learned a few new words and expressions. I enjoyed the conversation, and I'll surely miss next week's lesson. The weather is still lunatic. This morning the highest temperature was +9°C which is ridiculously low in August. If we were in October, such cold mornings wouldn't be surprising. According to the weather forecast, next week will return the dog days. Austria 🇦🇹, we are coming...

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