Today is the first day of Spring Break! Hip-hip-houray.

Yesterday I celebrated by leaving work at 4pm or I tried to. A few things got in my way but I was out of there by 4:30 and that's pretty good for me.

Then I bought two new pots and potting soil because I have two plants that are getting new homes. One of my plants has gotten so big it keeps knocking itself over. That's no good.

After that I went with A. for cupcakes from <a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/10/08/cupcakes-in-sofia/" target="_blank">Take a Cake</a>. I have to say that I am digging their cupcake-muffin combo more and more. At first I wasn't sold but I had the lemon poppy seed cupcake/muffin and it really hit the spot. It was sweet and tart with a wonderfully airy but creamy vanilla frosting. A. had a chocolate chip mint muffin which <em>might</em> have been even better than mine.<!--more-->

Then we went to a cafe. I drank an orange fanta and watched A. have a coffee. Now here's the thing. I think that fanta lemon is the superior fanta but the cafe was out of lemon. This seems to support my belief that fanta lemon is superior. Although I'd like to add that even better than fanta lemon is Schweppes bitter lemon.

Anyhow, I don't think I've ever written this much about soda on this blog. Mostly because I rarely drink soda. My go to drink for years has been coffee but because there's no coffee or alcohol in my life until I get my health all sorted out I've found myself drinking lots of water, sparking water, juice and un-caffeinated soda.

Sometimes I wonder what I've done to deserve this punishment. I love coffee and frankly fanta is inadequate substitute. Hopefully in two-or-so weeks I'll be back to my normal coffee routine. Already it's been a long seven weeks.

So I've got to run shortly. I've got a lot on my to-do list.

I've got to move my plants into their new homes! They are going to be so happy.

Then I must pack for my trip to Romania. This is going to require some creativity. The weather is going to really fluctuate next week.

What's wild is that after this trip I'll have been to every country in the Balkans and nearly every country in Eastern Europe). Wow. How did that happen?!

For spring break, we're renting a car and exploring Romania for the next eight days. Hello Dracula. Hello painted monasteries. Hello Bucharest. I'm looking forward to the freedom of driving but I'm a tinsy bit nervous about the fairly aggressive driving in the Balkans. I know that I'll be fine but I've been pretty happy the last four years to let other people drive me around.

But before I head to Romania on Sunday, I've got to run some errands. Nothing too interesting but that's okay. I don't mind. I going on an adventure tomorrow!!