Hi my candy-man xxx!
Thank you for constant writing to me!!! You always make me happy with
your letters, with your attention. It is so important and pleasant for
me, when you display unceasing concern about my life in your letters.
You have already become an important and essential part of my life. No
matter what I do, I always think of you, I care of you, I wonder what
you are doing at this very moment. Thank you for being with me, for
having found me, for staying with me no matter what, for planning our
future together.
In one of my previous letters I wrote you that I was waiting for my
monthly pay to be able to pay for my rent, bills and our
correspondence to be translated. Luckily I received it, unfortunately
it wasn't as big as I hoped.
I thought my monthly salary would be enough for everything I had
planned. But my Boss decided to make substantial renovation in our
cafe. He informed me and my colleagues that we would be receiving only
a half of our salaries until the renovation of our cafe would be
finished. Then there will be more clients in our cafe and it will make
a bigger profit. So maybe our Boss will pay us more, but only after he
finishes all renovations.
On one hand, I understand why he wants to change our cafe and I agree
with his desire, it is really reasonable. But on the other hand I
don't understand why my Boss wants to renew our cafe by means of my
own salary and other employees' salaries. My Boss says that this is
the only one way for everyone working in our cafe. Now it isn't that
popular, and we really have many business rivals.
People prefer to visit cafes, where they can eat tasty food and stay
in a nice environment. I think that we cook good food in our cafe. But
we can't propose good interior for our clients and this is the reason
why people neglect to visit our cafe.
The cafe where I work is an old Soviet cafe that has never been
renewed, since it was build. Of course it is not modern and
comfortable for our clients. But my Boss is a really good chef and we
cook really tasty food. But everything changes and we really need to
change our cafe.
If my Boss were a wealthy man, he would definitely spend his own
savings on this renovation. But he is a simple man who doesn't earn
much himself. My Boss and his wife worked in our cafe, when it was
Soviet Union here. They were not getting their salaries for a long
time and as a result they received our cafe in their ownership as a
compensation of their unpaid work.
My present situation is really difficult. I don't know how I will
survive here with a half of my salary only. I need to pay my bills, my
rent, our correspondence of course. I will not find another job right
away. And frankly speaking I don't want to work in another place. In
spite of our cafe is not a popular place right now, it will be good
one day, I'm sure. I'm on my way of becoming a good cook. There are so
many things I can learn from my Boss. Also it is good that my Boss's
wife works in our cafe as well. They are like my parents and they care
of me. They don't allow our clients and other workers to be rude with
me. I really want to stay in our cafe and I don't want to look for
another job right now. But it will be very difficult to survive here
with a half of my salary only. If I don't pay my bills and my rent, I
will be homeless. If I don't pay for our correspondence to be
translated, I will lose our connection. I don't want to make this
choice, it is just impossible to lose you. Excuse me for being so open
with you in this letter. It is my problem and I'm really upset because
of my working situation. It is just so unfair that our future depends
on what is going on at my work. You are not only the man I have fallen
in love with, you are also my close friend. That is why I have shared
my thoughts with you. I will probably go for now. I hope you are doing
better than me. I don't know how I will pay for our next letters to be
translated, but I will come to Internet Cafe to check on your letters.
Stay safe, know you are always in my heart.
Your loving Nataliya