Our daily routine & the yard

In the past days nothing much has happened. Philipp works during the days, sometimes meets with his assistant or gives lectures at the American University downtown. Here is what my days usually look like at the moment:

I get up at 11 o'clock in the morning - seems like I still need to sleep a lot more than usually. Then I'm making breakfast for the two of us (usually Phil's second one). After this I take care of my back ache, as the bed still bothers me very much (it's too hard!) - sometimes tai chi helps. Then - being a good housewife - I think about what to eat during the day and I go out to the supermarket or/and the little bazar to buy groceries. We often have a warm meal at 4 o'clock in the afternoon (today: Fleichkuechle mit Nudelsalat, which I have never made before, pic). It's an uncommon time, but for us it works well, as we don't get hungry before that time and afterward not until the late evening, when we only eat a little something like cornflakes or bread. During the day I study some Russian, try to get used to the photo cameras, check my mails, write this blog, watch TV or listen to music. While I'm writing this, I'm wondering myself: What am I doing all day? Time just passes by so quickly. But if you get up only at 11, half of the day is gone already. And all the new impressions probably still take up a lot of energy as well. Like I wrote in a post before, we usually go out for a walk or play basketball and hang out with the "gang" at night. Bedtime around midnight.

As much as I love our yard (pic, taken around noon) and love to watch people gathering and children play (in the afternoon), it can get really annoying at night: Some people (old and young) hang out until late at night (i.e. 3-4 am) and talk very loud as if it was in the middle of the day. You can understand (ok, let's say those who know Russian or Kyrgyz!) every single word. It's also very popular to listen to pop music on mobile phones in public (by the way: Blue System is very alive here!!!). I already got used to it and don't mind it at all, but at night it gets quite annoying. So last night, I had a rough night - also because it was so hot with no breeze (windows open of course) that I felt like my head would burst into pieces any second. So I set up the little van in front of the sofa in our living room (facing north) and spent the rest of the night there...