It's 4:30 in the morning in Sofia and I'm up. For the record, I'd rather not be up but I am.

I open my eyes for the first time this morning about 2:30am. By 3am it was clear that I needed a drink of water. From here it was a slippery slope. Back in bed I counted slowly trying to clear my mind. I read a book for a little bit. I practiced some calming yoga breathing. At 4 am when my stomach started rumbling and I couldn't think about anything else I began to contemplate getting out of bed.

Now here I am. Drinking water, eating yogurt and listening to stray dogs bark in what is either the very early morning or the middle of the night. I think that this is one of those glass half-empty/glass half-full things and right now I am not sure which side I come down on.

Interestingly it's pretty cool right now. The temperature on the pharmacy across the way reads 15 c. So I'm wearing a sweatshirt and wondering how quickly fall is going to find us in Sofia. I hope not to quickly. I'd like a couple of warm end of summer weeks before school really gets under way. I hope that's not wishful thinking.

I'd also like to fall back asleep so that I'm not crazy-jet-lag girl tomorrow but at this point that does seem to be wishful thinking. Luckily, I've got my kindle to keep me company.