Hello everyone, today I left my apartment and arrived at a hotel room. I haven't booked hotels for a long time, but a few days ago I opened Booking.com and saw a hotel for $90. The rating was 8.5 and the comments were also good.
This morning started with a sunny, clear sky, which I noticed as soon as I got out of bed. At first, it looked like it was going to be a really nice day. But the weather had other plans, and it changed completely later on during my bike ride. I got caught in the rain, and even though it didn't last long or rain very heavily, my clothes still got a bit wet. The only thing I was really worried about was my headphones, since I use them every day during my activities, and I didn't want them to get damaged by the rain.
This day became another memorable one with a trip to Kazan and another unplanned visit to my village. But during my visit to Kazan, the city welcomed me with a huge traffic jam, where I spent about an hour. As a result, I was close to ruining my important plans. In fact, the traffic jam happened because one asshole crashed his car into a streetlight pole, and the pole ended up blocking the entire road. Even getting around the blocked road was a bit challenging, as the right side was just wet and slippery ground, while the left side had a raised tram platform.
Everything started yesterday, when my analytics showed that I had 210 visitors the previous day. But today, that number kept increasing, reaching 400 visitors while I was writing this post. Honestly, it's a bit hard to understand, and I have only one thing on my mind: how is that even possible? I never had a goal of reaching so many visitors on my blog. I just improved some simple, basic SEO things with AI. Did that really help me reach 400 visitors?! I honestly have no idea yet. But even without knowing the answer, it's still nice to experience this and see people from every corner of the world visiting my blog.
The same place as in this post, about a month later
My day was a bit crazy today because I bought flight tickets for more than 2,000 euros. I spent almost the whole day wondering whether I should really spend that much money, especially since I'm still unemployed. It wasn't an easy decision, and I kept asking myself if it was the right thing to do. But after thinking about all the possible risks and the experience I hope to get from this trip, I finally decided to go for it. Now I just hope everything goes as planned and I won't lose the money I paid.
It was a big relief after the very hot days, which had continued for about a week. So my day started with rainy and fresh weather conditions in the morning. In fact, I need to explain something about the rain, as it continued with thunder and lightning for a few hours from around 9 AM. However, later in the day the weather became comfortable enough. The temperature stayed at around 26°C under the warm and pleasant sun, without any more unpredictable weather conditions.
The last few days have been extremely hot, around 33–36 degrees, and according to my dentist's recommendations, I tried to stay at home. But today, at 8 PM, I finally went for a bike ride after such a long break. I really enjoyed being outside after the hot day, riding under the cloudy and windy evening sky. Even though the temperature was still 29 degrees at 8 PM, the fresh breeze made my calm bike ride around familiar places much more enjoyable.
Yesterday, I wanted to share another post about my experience at the horse racing event, but unfortunately, that didn't happen. I had a headache in the evening and missed everything because I fell asleep from 9 PM until 9 AM. I woke up only once, at 2:40 AM, but by then it was already too late to write my post, finish the next chapter of *Goblet of Fire*, and extend my Duolingo streak. So, at that point, I made my bed, undressed, and continued sleeping, even though I didn't have the energy to brush my teeth.
I finished some of my tasks only around 3 AM, and after that, I decided to drive to a nearby gas station. I didn't want to go to sleep yet because I still had enough energy, and my car's tank was absolutely empty after my last trip. At that point, I only had 23 kilometers of range left, so it was a great opportunity to fill up my car's tank and drive through empty city streets.
Today's day was a bit rainy, but that didn't stop me from replacing my car's left headlight bulb. The reason was that during my trip yesterday, when I was driving at night, I noticed that my headlight seemed a bit strange and wasn't bright enough. So today, after lunch, when I had finished some routine things, I removed the old bulb because it wasn't working and drove to the auto parts shop. There, I easily found the same OSRAM H4 bulb for about 300 ₽.
Today I also spent the evening at my relatives' place, from 5 PM until I finally arrived home at night. In fact, this visit had already been arranged during my previous trip, which I wrote about in this post. There was another relative there too, and she invited us to spend some time together and have fun. So, this turned into another interesting and enjoyable trip to my relatives' house, which I was visiting for the first time. I already knew about them, but I had never visited their place before. Until then, only my family members had been there.
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During the last few days after my dental surgery, I didn't have enough opportunity to finish the third part of the Harry Potter book on time. Even though I had only the last two chapters left until the end, I was forced to take a few days' rest from reading. As I read out loud, I felt some uncomfortable and sensitive sensations in the operated areas of my mouth. So my reading process finished a bit later than I expected.