Overpriced cell phone and free rent

I bought a cell phone today for 60lvs and a guiness book of world records free with two sim cards (why I need two, god knows) that each theoretically have ten minutes on them. The cards and book cost 15lv, so 75 total which is maybe maybe 55 USD or something. I can't do the math very well, 1BL=1.25USD with a good exchange rate... no the other way around... wait... I'm confused. Fractions were never my strong suite. Whichever one makes the US dollar 25% stronger... That's right, no? Anyway, Cyrillic Bulgarian guiness book of world records will do little good for me, but i have learned the phrase "the most" and "snakes" and "people" so I guess it can't be too bad. Maybe if I read the whole thing, I will be fluent (haha).
I also think I've set up a work exchange with the hostel. I will help out their cleaning lady who is in her 60s and getting burdened by all the work of keeping up a 50 bed hostel. In exchange I will get a free place to stay while I am in Sofia. I will probably end up being here for most of the time I stay in Bulgaria, though I need to do interviews in Plovdiv, Varna and Russe I think.
Living in a hostel is weird- you meet all these interesting people who have been half way around the world and the moment you get to know them they leave on more adventures. I hope to befriend some of the people who work here- that will give me a more stable friend base in Sofia anyway. I am meeting Chris for lunch, a guy who controls a fan page for an old punk band that has disbanded. He doesn't know the band, just likes their music. I sent messages back and forth with him all spring and he's going to show me around the center of Sofia. It will be nice to have a guide in this confusing city. Maybe this weekend I will try to climb the mountain- we'll see. As soon as I figure out what my cell phone number is (hopefully tonight) I will recontact all of my Sofia contacts and maybe my Varna ones too to let them know I am in the country. (I'm sure my research babble is very interesting to all you blog readers)

Anyway, I am doing well. I miss Minneapplsauce and the tiny and all of you.